Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: Molecular and physiological bases of virulence and adaptation to ecological niches

AC Pereira, B Ramos, AC Reis, MV Cunha - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are paradigmatic colonizers of the total environment,
circulating at the interfaces of the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and …

The hard numbers of tuberculosis epidemiology in wildlife: A meta‐regression and systematic review

AC Reis, B Ramos, AC Pereira… - … and emerging diseases, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) is a widespread disease that crosses the human and animal health
boundaries, with infection being reported in wildlife, from temperate and subtropical to arctic …

[HTML][HTML] A One Health approach revealed the long-term role of Mycobacterium caprae as the hidden cause of human tuberculosis in a region of Spain, 2003 to 2022

M Martínez-Lirola, M Herranz, SB Serrano… - …, 2023 - eurosurveillance.org
Introduction Mycobacterium caprae is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
(MTBC) not routinely identified to species level. It lacks specific clinical features of …

Global trends of epidemiological research in livestock tuberculosis for the last four decades

AC Reis, B Ramos, AC Pereira… - … and Emerging Diseases, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Animal tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) bacteria
remains as one of the most significant infectious diseases of livestock, despite decades of …

Whole Genome Sequencing Refines Knowledge on the Population Structure of Mycobacterium bovis from a Multi-Host Tuberculosis System

AC Reis, LCM Salvador, S Robbe-Austerman… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Classical molecular analyses of Mycobacterium bovis based on spoligotyping and Variable
Number Tandem Repeat (MIRU-VNTR) brought the first insights into the epidemiology of …

Long-term molecular surveillance provides clues on a cattle origin for Mycobacterium bovis in Portugal

AC Reis, R Tenreiro, T Albuquerque, A Botelho… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Animal tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, is maintained in Portugal in a
multi-host system, with cattle, red deer and wild boar, playing a central role. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Estimates of the global and continental burden of animal tuberculosis in key livestock species worldwide: A meta-analysis study

B Ramos, AC Pereira, AC Reis, MV Cunha - One Health, 2020 - Elsevier
Zoonotic animal tuberculosis (TB) is a One Health paradigm infectious disease, caused by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria, that affects different host species with varying …

Animal tuberculosis: Impact of disease heterogeneity in transmission, diagnosis and control

AC Pereira, AC Reis, B Ramos… - … and emerging diseases, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Animal tuberculosis (TB) in terrestrial mammals is mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis.
This pathogen is adapted to a wide range of host species, representing a threat to livestock …

Methods for detecting mycobacterial mixed strain infections–a systematic review

AS Byrne, A Goudreau, N Bissonnette… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mixed strain infection (MSI) refers to the concurrent infection of a susceptible host with
multiple strains of a single pathogenic species. Known to occur in humans and animals …

Biocomputational characterisation of MBO_200107 protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis variant caprae: a molecular docking and simulation study

A Talukder, MM Rahman… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The principal objective of this study was to delineate the potentiality of the MBO_200107
protein from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis variant caprae in cancer research. It is a …