To date, the public health relevance of mycobacterial infections in pigs is not well investigated despite high risk of infection. Recently, there has been a documented increase in opportunistic infections and risk of ...

Owing to frequent reports of suspected outbreaks and the presence of reservoir hosts and vectors (warthogs, bush pigs and O. moubata ticks), African swine fever (ASF) is believed to be an endemic disease in Uganda. There ...

Members of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) cause disease in both human and animals. Their ubiquitous nature makes them both successful microbes and difficult to source track. The precise characterization of MAC ...