Mycobacterium bovis

Mycobacterium bovis is an aerobic bacterium that can cause tuberculosis in cattle and humans.¹ A publication by Scallan et al.² in 2011 estimated that 60 human foodborne Mycobacterium bovis cases, including 3 deaths, occur annually in the US.

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in the US and Canada include:

Wade R. Waters, ARS, USDA, National Animal Disease Center, USA

Larry S. Schlesinger, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, USA

Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Department of Natural Resources, Michigan, USA

Philip LoBue, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Mo D. Salmon, Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, USA

Zhou Xing, Infectious Diseases Division, Immunology Research Center, McMaster University, Canada

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in Europe include:

Glyn Hewinson, TB Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom

Helen McShane, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Gavin Wilson, Wildlife and Emerging Diseases Team, The Food and Environment Research Agency, United Kingdom

Claude Saegerman, National and OIE/FAO Bovine Tuberculosis Reference Laboratories, Bacterial Zoonoses Unit – Animal Diseases and Zoonoses Research Laboratory, French Food Safety Agency, France

Maria Laura Boschiroli, Research Unit in Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to Veterinary Sciences, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of Liège, Belgium

National Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands

Christian Gortazar, IREC National Wildlife Research Institute, Spain

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in South and Latin America include:

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in Asia and Australia include:

A.S. Mustafa, Department of Microbiology, Kuwait University

Additional resources on Mycobacterium bovis:
A number of key sources on Mycobacterium bovis and tuberculosis are available. 

 References
¹http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_bovis
²Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15  PMID:21192848