Mycobacteria in Terrestrial Small Mammals on Cattle Farms in Tanzania
Table 3
Mycobacteria detected in rodent and insectivores in and around Morogoro, Tanzania.
Mycobacteriaa
Small mammal species
Detected by PCR or culture
Human risk group 1c
M. duvalii***
C. gambianus
Culture
M. gordonae
A. albiventris
PCR
M. gordonae-like
C. gambianus
PCR
M. gordonae-like**
C. hirta
Culture
M. gordonae-like
C. hirta
PCR
M. gordonae-like
M. natalensis
PCR
M. moriokaense*
R. rattus
Culture
M. mucogenicum
M. natalensis
PCR
M. nonchromogenicum
C. hirta
Culture
M. nonchromogenicum*
b
R. rattus
Culture
M. nonchromogenicum-like
M. natalensis
Culture
M. nonchromogenicum-like
R. rattus
PCR
M. sphagni-like
R. rattus
PCR
M. terrae
C. hirta
Culture
M. terrae***
C. gambianus
Culture
M. terrae
R. rattus
Culture
Human risk group 2c
M. chelonae var. niacinogenes
M. natalensis
PCR and culture
M. genavense-like
C. hirta
PCR
M. intracellulare***
C. gambianus
Culture
M. intracellulare
C. hirta
Culture
M. intracellulare
C. hirta
PCR and culture
M. intracellulare
C. hirta
Culture
M. intracellulare
M. natalensis
PCR and culture
M. intracellulare-like
C. gambianus
Culture
M. intracellulare-like
C. gambianus
Culture
M. intracellulare-like
C. hirta
Culture
M. scrofulaceum-like
C. gambianus
Culture
M. szulgai
M. natalensis
PCR
MAIS
C. gambianus
PCR and culture
MAIS
C. gambianus
Culture
MAIS
C. hirta
PCR and culture
Recently described species, not yet classifiedc
M. alsiensis
M. natalensis
PCR and culture
M. chimaera
C. hirta
Culture
M. chimaera-like
C. hirta
Culture
M. colombiense
C. hirta
PCR and culture
M. frederiksbergense-like
M. natalensis
PCR
M. goodii*
b
R. rattus
Culture
M. immunogenum
R. rattus
PCR
M. septicum
A. albiventris
PCR
M. septicum
M. natalensis
PCR
M. septicum
M. natalensis
PCR
aā*, ** and *** point out mycobacteria detected in the same group of animals but in different organs.
bThese mycobacteria were first detected in 2005 in R. rattus trapped on a farm and were later detected in 2006 in the milk of cattle residing on the same farm (see Table 6).
cThe classification in human risk groups is based on the clinical point of view in which human risk group 1 contain species that never or with extreme rarity cause disease. Human risk group 2 are species that normally live freely in the environment but also cause opportunistic infections in humans. Human risk group 3 are the obligate pathogens (M. tuberculosis complex and M. leprae) [52].