Lorraine Michelet, Céline Richomme, Edouard Réveillaud, Krystel De Cruz, Jean-Louis Moyen, Maria Laura Boschiroli
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Lorraine Michelet: Paris-Est University, National Reference Laboratory for Tuberculosis, Animal Health Laboratory, Anses, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France. ORCID
Céline Richomme: Anses, Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, 54220 Malzéville, France. ORCID
Edouard Réveillaud: Regional Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Forest of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 87000 Limoges, France.
Krystel De Cruz: Paris-Est University, National Reference Laboratory for Tuberculosis, Animal Health Laboratory, Anses, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.
Jean-Louis Moyen: Laboratoire Départemental d'Analyse et de Recherche de la Dordogne, 24660 Coulounieix-Chamiers, France. ORCID
Maria Laura Boschiroli: Paris-Est University, National Reference Laboratory for Tuberculosis, Animal Health Laboratory, Anses, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France. ORCID
, member of the , complex is known to interfere in the screening and diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis. This pathogen is increasingly detected in the frame of surveillance programs for tuberculosis in livestock and wildlife. Recently, red foxes () were found infected by in four French endemic areas. infection was concomitantly found during this investigation. Rates of infection by and are not different except in one of the four areas (lower prevalence for in Charente). As for infection, none of the infected foxes presented gross TB-like lesions. Infection of red foxes by seems to occur by ingestion of contaminated food, as mesenteric lymph nodes are mostly infected albeit no fecal excretion could be detected. Red foxes appear to be susceptible to infection but seem to play a role of dead-end host for the transmission of this bacillus.
