Mycobacterium microti Infections in Free-Ranging Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
Giovanni Ghielmetti
, Anne M. Kupca, Matthias Hanczaruk, Ute Friedel, Hubert Weinberger, Sandra Revilla-Fernández, Erwin Hofer, Julia M. Riehm, Roger Stephan, and Walter Glawischnig
Author affiliations: Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Section of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (G. Ghielmetti, U. Friedel, R. Stephan); Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleissheim, Germany (A.M. Kupca, M. Hanczaruk, J.M. Riehm); Institute for Veterinary Disease Control, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Innsbruck and Mödling, Austria (H. Weinberger, S. Revilla-Fernández, E. Hofer, W. Glawischnig)
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Figure 5. Geographic distribution of tuberculosis cases caused by Mycobacterium microti in different animal species over 8 years from study of tuberculosis caused by M. microti in red deer, Austria and Germany. Central Europe (left) and the region bordering Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (right) are shown. Animals are shaped and colored: red deer, red; cats, pink; wild boar, dark blue; alpaca, orange; and red fox, light blue.
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