Lesions of <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> spp. <i>hominissuis</i> Infection Resembling <i>M. bovis</i> Lesions in a Wild Mule Deer, Canada1
Kirsten M.F. Frayne, Brock R. Chappell, Jennifer Davies, Bryan Macbeth, Musangu Ngeleka, Jamie L. Rothenburger
Emerging infectious diseases · 2020-06
Abstract
We used molecular analyses to confirm Mycobacterium avium spp. hominissuis infection in lung granulomas and pyogranulomas in the tracheobronchial lymph node in a wild mule deer in Banff, Canada. These lesions are similar to those found in M. bovis–infected animals, emphasizing the critical need for disease surveillance in wildlife populations.
MeSH terms
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Biology
- Mycobacterium
- Wildlife
- Microbiology
- Mycobacterium avium complex
- Zoonosis
- Lymph node
- Virology
- Tuberculosis
- Veterinary medicine