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. 2015 Mar;53(3):981-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02713-14. Epub 2014 Dec 24.

Infection with Mycobacterium microti in animals in France

Lorraine Michelet  1 , Krystel de Cruz  1 , Gina Zanella  1 , Rachid Aaziz  1 , Tabatha Bulach  1 , Claudine Karoui  1 , Sylvie Hénault  1 , Guy Joncour  2 , Maria Laura Boschiroli  3
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Infection with Mycobacterium microti in animals in France

Lorraine Michelet et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Mar.

Abstract

We describe here 35 animal cases of tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium microti in France (2002-2014). Recently, molecular tools that overcome the difficulty of confirming infection by this potentially zoonotic agent have revealed an increasing number of cases, suggesting that its prevalence may have been underestimated.

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FIG 1
(A) Distribution of M. microti cases in France and their associated spoligopatterns. (B) Distribution by municipality of M. bovis outbreaks (adapted from reference 25).
FIG 2
FIG 2
Neighbor-joining tree based on spoligotype patterns identified in France. The letters on the right indicate the groups A to E.
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