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. 2011 Mar;17(3):532-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1703.100618.

Mycobacterium caprae infection in livestock and wildlife, Spain

Sabrina Rodríguez  1 , Javier Bezos, Beatriz Romero, Lucía de Juan, Julio Álvarez, Elena Castellanos, Nuria Moya, Francisco Lozano, M Tariq Javed, José L Sáez-Llorente, Ernesto Liébana, Ana Mateos, Lucas Domínguez, Alicia Aranaz; Spanish Network on Surveillance and Monitoring of Animal Tuberculosis
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Mycobacterium caprae infection in livestock and wildlife, Spain

Sabrina Rodríguez et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

Mycobacterium caprae is a pathogen that can infect animals and humans. To better understand the epidemiology of M. caprae, we spoligotyped 791 animal isolates. Results suggest infection is widespread in Spain, affecting 6 domestic and wild animal species. The epidemiology is driven by infections in caprids, although the organism has emerged in cattle.

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Figure 1
Map of Spain showing the distribution of the 2 most frequent Mycobacterium caprae spoligotypes and affected animals: C, cattle; D, red deer; F, fox; G, goats; S, sheep; P, pigs; WB, wild boar. A) Spoligotype SB0157. B) Spoligotype SB0416.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Proportion and regression lines of Mycobacterium caprae isolates (black dots, continuous line) and M. caprae–infected herds (white triangles, dashed lines) of the total number of M. tuberculosis complex isolates and M. tuberculosis complex–infected herds identified in cattle during 2004–2009. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals.
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