Mycobacterium bovis is an aerobic bacterium that can cause tuberculosis in cattle and humans.1 A publication by Scallan et al.2 in 2011 estimated that 60 human foodborne Mycobacterium bovis cases, including 3 deaths, occur annually in the US.
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in the US and Canada include:
National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, , USA
National Veterinary Services Laboratory, APHIS, USDA, USA
Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Department of Natural Resources, Michigan, USA
Schlesinger Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, USA
Salmon Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, USA
Zhou Xing Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, Immunology Research Center, McMaster University, Canada
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in Europe include:
TB Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom
The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Wildlife and Emerging Diseases Team, The Food and Environment Research Agency, United Kingdom
National and OIE/FAO Bovine Tuberculosis Reference Laboratories, Bacterial Zoonoses Unit – Animal Diseases and Zoonoses Research Laboratory, French Food Safety Agency, France
Research Unit in Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to Veterinary Sciences, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of Liège, Belgium
National Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands
IREC National Wildlife Research Institute, Spain
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in South and Latin America include:
Tuberculosis Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine, Caracas, Venezuela
Perez Laboratory, Department of Immunology, The National School of Biological Sciences, Mexico
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in Asia, Australia and other areas include:
Jin-Ding Chen Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Katoch Laboratory, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR), India
Mustafa Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Kuwait University, Kuwait
AgResearch, National Center for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, New Zealand
Additional resources on Mycobacterium bovis:
A number of key sources on Mycobacterium bovis and tuberculosis are available.
Book: Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Animals and Humans, 2nd Edition
Website: Mycobacterium bovis (Bovine Tuberculosis) in Humans, CDC, USA
Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, NYC, USA
References
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_bovis
2Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15 PMID:21192848