title: Bovine tuberculosis in livestock and wild boar on the Mediterranean island, Corsica.
abstract: The zoonotic agent of bovine tuberculosis (bTB), Mycobacterium bovis, can be transmitted between domestic and wild animals, threatening wildlife populations and control programs for bTB in cattle. In Corsica, a French Mediterranean island where domestic and wild species have close interactions, bTB cases have been reported in cattle, pigs, and wild boar. Moreover, genotypes of M. bovis found in wild and domestic animals from the same area were identical. These data strongly suggest that wild and domestic animals are associated in an epidemiologic bTB-transmission cycle. More investigations are needed, not only to understand the role played by each species in order to implement appropriate control measures, but also to assess the risk of transmission to humans.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UR346 Epidémiologie Animale, 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richomme
authors.forename: María Laura
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Boschiroli
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hars
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Casabianca
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ducrot
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D008297:Male; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000382:microbiology*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D015047:Zoonoses