TY - JOUR AU - Rodríguez, Sabrina AU - Bezos, Javier AU - Romero, Beatriz AU - de Juan, Lucía AU - Álvarez, Julio AU - Castellanos, Elena AU - Moya, Nuria AU - Lozano, Francisco AU - Javed, M. Tariq AU - Sáez-Llorente, José L. AU - Liébana, Ernesto AU - Mateos, Ana AU - Domínguez, Lucas AU - Aranaz, Alicia AU - Tuberculosis, Monitoring of Animal T1 - Mycobacterium caprae Infection in Livestock and Wildlife, Spain T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 3 SP - 532 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Mycobacterium caprae is a pathogen that can infect animals and humans. To better understand the epidemiology of M. caprae, we spoligotyped 791 animal isolates. Results suggest infection is widespread in Spain, affecting 6 domestic and wild animal species. The epidemiology is driven by infections in caprids, although the organism has emerged in cattle. KW - Bacteria KW - zoonoses KW - Mycobacterium caprae KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - epidemiology KW - molecular characterization KW - livestock KW - goats KW - spoligotyping KW - dispatch KW - Spain DO - 10.3201/eid1703.100618 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/3/10-0618_article ER - End of Reference