Mycobacterium bovis Infection of Red Fox, France

Lorraine Michelet (1) , Krystel de Cruz (1) , Sylvie Hénault (1) , Jennifer Tambosco (1) , Céline Richomme (2) , Édouard Réveillaud (1) , Hélène Gares (3) , Jean-Louis Moyen (3) , María Laura Boschiroli (1)

1 Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Normandie
2 LRFSN - Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage de Nancy
3 LDAR 24 - Laboratoire départemental d'analyse et de recherche de Dordogne

This large outbreak of West Africa clade human monkeypox (3,8,9) mostly affected adults. The NCDC continues response activities and investigations in collaboration with national and international partners. Further findings from our epidemiologic investigations and laboratory diagnostics, including genome sequencing, will add to the existing knowledge of West African monkeypox and help unravel uncertainties in the outbreak.

Keywords: Mycobacterium bovis; Red fox; Vulpes vulpes; Excretion; Bovine tuberculosis; France; Bacteria; Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections; Zoonoses

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Lorraine Michelet, Krystel de Cruz, Sylvie Hénault, Jennifer Tambosco, Céline Richomme, et al.. Mycobacterium bovis Infection of Red Fox, France. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, 24 (6), pp.1150-1153. ⟨10.3201/eid2406.180094⟩. ⟨anses-03409219⟩