Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Aug;16(8):1296-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1608.100314.
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.
已有记录表明,有 7 次暴发涉及越来越多的带状囊尾蚴部队和高死亡率。我们在博茨瓦纳乔贝地区与人附近生活的带状囊尾蚴中发现了一种结核分枝杆菌复合体病原体,即 M. mungi sp. nov.,是病原体。宿主谱和传播动力学仍不清楚。