Detection of RDRIO strain of mycobacterium tuberculosis in tapirs (tapirus terrestris) from a zoo in Brazil

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 872-875

  Murakami, Patrícia Sayuri ^a   Monego, Fernanda ^a   Ho, John L ^b   Gibson, Andrea ^c   Javorouski, Manoel Lucas ^d   Bonat, Marcelo ^d   Lacerda, Oneida ^d   Brockelt, Sonia Regina ^e   Biesdorf, Sonia Maria ^f   Nakatani, Sueli Massumi ^e   Riediger, Irina Nastassja ^e   Fuverki, Renata Benício Neves ^a   Biava, Janaína Socolovski ^a   Vieira, Rafael Felipe Costa ^a   Santos, Andrea Pires Do ^g   De Barros Filho, Ivan Roque ^a   Biondo, Alexander Welker ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Crystal Run Healthcare   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Curitiba Zoo   (Brazil)

^e LACEN PR   (Brazil)

^f State Animal Reference Diagnostic Center Marcos Enrietti CDME   (Brazil)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; PCR; RDRiostrain; tapirs; tuberculosis; wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERISSODACTYLA; RADIOGRAPHY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERISSODACTYLA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; TAPIRIDAE; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84871495432     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2010-0108R.1     Document Type: Article

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