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Volume 25, Number 11—November 2019
Research Letter

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

Bernat Pérez de ValComments to Author , Albert Sanz, Mercè Soler, Alberto Allepuz, Lorraine Michelet, María Laura Boschiroli, and Enric Vidal
Author affiliations: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries–Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal, Bellaterra, Spain (B. Pérez de Val, A. Allepuz, E. Vidal); Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (A. Sanz, M. Soler); Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (A. Allepuz); Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail, Maisons-Alfort, France (L. Michelet, M.L. Boschiroli)

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Outbreak area for wild boar tuberculosis (TB) cases, Spain, June 2017–March 2019. Circles show cases of wild boars with TB lesions. Stars indicate the location of cattle herds with positive skin tests (not confirmed at slaughterhouse); triangles, pentagons, and diamonds show locations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex–seropositive ungulates (no tissue samples were obtained from these animals). Colors indicate etiologic agent identification: red, M. microti; orange, any M. tuberculosis comple

Figure. Outbreak area for wild boar tuberculosis (TB) cases, Spain, June 2017–March 2019. Circles show cases of wild boars with TB lesions. Stars indicate the location of cattle herds with positive skin tests (not confirmed at slaughterhouse); triangles, pentagons, and diamonds show locations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex–seropositive ungulates (no tissue samples were obtained from these animals). Colors indicate etiologic agent identification: red, M. microti; orange, M. tuberculosis complex (species unidentified); yellow, unidentified. Different hunting areas are indicated. The border between Spain and France and the main village (Vielha) are labelled. Inset maps show location of the study area on the Iberian Peninsula.

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