| novel mycobacterium tuberculosis complex pathogen, m. mungi. | seven outbreaks involving increasing numbers of banded mongoose troops and high death rates have been documented. we identified a mycobacterium tuberculosis complex pathogen, m. mungi sp. nov., as the causative agent among banded mongooses that live near humans in chobe district, botswana. host spectrum and transmission dynamics remain unknown. | 2010 | 20678329 |
| emerging tuberculosis pathogen hijacks social communication behavior in the group-living banded mongoose (mungos mungo). | an emerging mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (mtc) pathogen, m. mungi, infects wild banded mongooses (mungos mungo) in northern botswana, causing significant mortality. this mtc pathogen did not appear to be transmitted through a primary aerosol or oral route. we utilized histopathology, spoligotyping, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats (miru-vntr), quantitative pcr (qpcr), and molecular markers (regions of difference [rds] from various mtc members, i ... | 2016 | 27165798 |
| diagnosis and implications of mycobacterium bovis infection in banded mongooses (mungos mungo) in the kruger national park, south africa. | bovine tuberculosis (btb) was first diagnosed in the kruger national park (knp) in 1990. research has since focused on the maintenance host, the african buffalo ( syncerus caffer ) and clinically affected lion ( panthera leo ). however, little is known about the role of small predators in tuberculosis epidemiology. during 2011-12, we screened banded mongooses ( mungos mungo ) in the btb high-prevalence zone of the knp for mycobacterium tuberculosis complex members. fecal swabs, tracheal swabs, a ... | 2017 | 27788055 |
| mycobacterium tuberculosis: an emerging disease of free-ranging wildlife. | expansion of ecotourism-based industries, changes in land-use practices, and escalating competition for resources have increased contact between free-ranging wildlife and humans. although human presence in wildlife areas may provide an important economic benefit through ecotourism, exposure to human pathogens may represent a health risk for wildlife. this report is the first to document introduction of a primary human pathogen into free-ranging wildlife. we describe outbreaks of mycobacterium tu ... | 2002 | 12023916 |
| draft genome sequence of the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex pathogen m. mungi, identified in a banded mongoose (mungos mungo) in northern botswana. | mycobacterium mungi, a mycobacterium tuberculosis complex pathogen, has emerged in banded mongoose in northern botswana and northwest zimbabwe. the pathogen is transmitted through infected secretions used in olfactory communication behavior (k. a. alexander, c. e. sanderson, m. h. larsen, s. robbe-austerman, m. c. williams, and m. v. palmer, mbio 7(3):e00281-16, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00281-16). we announce here the draft genome sequence of this emerging pathogen. | 2016 | 27469947 |
| do not feed the wildlife: associations between garbage use, aggression, and disease in banded mongooses (mungos mungo). | urbanization and other human modifications of the landscape may indirectly affect disease dynamics by altering host behavior in ways that influence pathogen transmission. few opportunities arise to investigate behaviorally mediated effects of human habitat modification in natural host-pathogen systems, but we provide a potential example of this phenomenon in banded mongooses (mungos mungo), a social mammal. our banded mongoose study population in botswana is endemically infected with a novel myc ... | 2016 | 27547366 |