Mycobacterium microti Infection in Free-Ranging Wild Boar, Spain, 2017–2019

Bernat Pérez de Val (1) , Albert Sanz , Mercè Soler , Alberto Allepuz (2) , Lorraine Michelet (3) , María Laura Boschiroli (3) , Enric Vidal (4, 2)

1 Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries–Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal
2 Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA)
3 Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Normandie
4 CReSA - Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal [UAB, Spain]

Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes pathology in many mammals. M. microti infections have been found in some countries in Europe. We report an outbreak of tuberculosis caused by M. microti in wild boars in Spain. M ycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobac-terium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), which also includes M. tuberculosis and M. bovis, the main causes of

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Animal biology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Animal biology; Veterinary medicine and animal Health

Bernat Pérez de Val, Albert Sanz, Mercè Soler, Alberto Allepuz, Lorraine Michelet, et al.. Mycobacterium microti Infection in Free-Ranging Wild Boar, Spain, 2017–2019. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, 25 (11), pp.2152-2154. ⟨10.3201/eid2511.190746⟩. ⟨anses-03910904⟩