Animal Tuberculosis Due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Members
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 35756
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Mycobacterium bovis; animal tuberculosis; bovine tuberculosis; zoonotic diseases
Interests: zoonotic diseases; tropical diseases; microbiology; phylogenetic analysis; infectious diseases; statistical analysis; evolution
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), animal tuberculosis (TB)—including bovine tuberculosis—is one of the most significant and widely spread infectious diseases of livestock in the world, despite decades of control programs and research efforts. Together with the zoonotic aspects of this disease and the important economic and sociological problems that it implies, animal TB constitutes a major concern both to human and veterinary public health sectors. Animal TB is a distinct example of how modifications of ecosystems by human practices can lead to the creation of complex reservoirs, influence the transmission and spread of the disease and hinder control and eradication programs. For this Special Issue, we seek original research papers dedicated to animal TB due to MTBC organisms, focused on studies of multi-host reservoirs and their roles in the emergence, transmission and/or maintenance of disease in livestock. System-based studies that integrate host/pathogen research with the epidemiology and population dynamics of the disease, its pathogenesis and animal farming practices including farmer behavior are also welcome.
Dr. María Laura Boschiroli
Dr. Lorraine Michelet
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Mycobacterium bovis
- animal tuberculosis
- bovine tuberculosis
- infectious diseases
- zoonotic diseases
- livestock
- epidemiology
- pathogenesis
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