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Novel Cause of Tuberculosis in Meerkats, South Africa

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 19, Issue 12, Pages 2004-2007

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1912.130268

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  1. South African Medical Research Council
  2. National Research Foundation
  3. NERC [NE/H004912/1] Funding Source: UKRI
  4. Natural Environment Research Council [NE/H004912/1] Funding Source: researchfish

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The organism that causes tuberculosis in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) has been poorly characterized. Our genetic analysis showed it to be a novel member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and closely related to the dassie bacillus. We have named this epidemiologically and genetically unique strain M. suricattae.

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