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Detection and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium microti isolates in wild boar from northern Italy.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2014
Boniotti M Beatrice, Gaffuri Alessandra, Gelmetti Daniela, Tagliabue Silvia, Chiari Mario, Mangeli Anna, Spisani Matteo, Nassuato Claudia, Gibelli Lucia, Sacchi Cristina, Zanoni Mariagrazia, Pacciarini M Lodovica
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 23,000 hunter-harvested wild boars from the pre-Alpine area of northern Italy were examined for tuberculosis over a 9-year period (2003 to 2011). Retropharyngeal and mandibular lymph nodes from the wild boars were examined grossly, and 1,151 of the lymph nodes were analyzed in our laboratory by histology (728 samples) and culture isolation (819 samples). Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex...
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