• A transcriptional analysis of cattle immune cells reveals a central role of type 1 interferon in the In vitro innate immune response against Mycobacterium bovis 

      Blanco, Federico Carlos; Bigi, María Mercedes; Garcia, Elizabeth Andrea; Elola, María Teresa; Vazquez, Cristina Lourdes; Bigi, Fabiana (MDPI, 2023-09)
      Bovine tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease primarily caused by Mycobacterium bovis, a bacterium that affects cattle and other mammals, including humans. Despite the availability of vast research about the immune ...
    • Asociación entre la densidad óptica y hallazgos post mortem compatibles con tuberculosis en bovinos positivos al test de ELISA 

      Sammarruco, Romina Ayelén; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Garro, Carlos Javier; Bermejo Laudecina, Virginia Soledad; De La Fuente, Damian Ignacio; Ruiz Menna, Victoria Aymara; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel (Asosiación Argentina de Veterinarios de Laboratorios de Díagnóstico, 2021-11)
      Introducción. La tuberculosis bovina (TB) es una enfermedad infecto-contagiosa causada principalmente por Mycobacterium bovis. Genera un impacto económico negativo en la producción pecuaria y también en la salud pública, ...
    • BoLA-DRB3 exon2 polymorphisms among tuberculous cattle: Nucleotide and functional variability and their association with bovine tuberculosis pathology 

      Eirin, Maria Emilia; Carignano, Hugo Adrian; Shimizu, Ernesto; Pando, Maria de los Angeles; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Magnano, Gabriel; Macías, Analía; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Huertas, Pablo Sebastian; Morsella, Claudia Graciela; Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Paolicchi, Fernando; Poli, Mario Andres (Elsevier, 2020-06)
      Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is caused by Mycobacterium bovis and disseminated worldwide. In Argentina, the highest prevalence occurs in dairy areas. BoLA DRB3.2 is related to the adaptive immunity in mycobacterial infections. ...
    • Bovine tuberculosis in domestic pigs: Genotyping and distribution of isolates in Argentina 

      Barandiaran, Soledad; Martinez Vivot, Marcela; Pérez, Andrés M.; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Zumarraga, Martin Jose (Elsevier, 2015-12)
      Bovine tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium bovis and affects primarily cattle, among many other mammal species. In this study, 250 isolates of M. bovis collected from pigs slaughtered in Argentina were typed by ...
    • Comparación de la respuesta a la prueba de la tuberculina en dos sitios de aplicación en bovinos con tuberculosis 

      Garro, Carlos Javier; Cobos Roldán, Miguel; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel (INTA Ediciones, 2022-05)
      El diagnóstico de tuberculosis bovina (TB) se realiza a través de la prueba de la tuberculina (PT). En Argentina, el diagnóstico operativo de rutina se aplica en el pliegue ano caudal (PAC) interno utilizando PPD bovina ...
    • Descripción de la evolución de tuberculosis en rodeos lecheros combinando el uso de IDR y ELISA 

      Sammarruco, Romina Ayelén; Garro, Carlos Javier; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Bermejo Laudecina, Virginia Soledad; De La Fuente, Damian Ignacio; Ruiz Menna, Victoria Aymara; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel (Asosiación Argentina de Veterinarios de Laboratorios de Díagnóstico, 2021-11)
      La tuberculosis bovina (TB) produce un impacto negativo en la producción pecuaria y la salud pública. La respuesta inmune a la infección es predominantemente mediada por células. En ello se fundamenta el diagnóstico a ...
    • Detección de anticuerpos anti-Mycobacterium bovis en sangre y calostro bovino 

      Ruiz Menna, Victoria Aymara; Garro, Carlos Javier; Felippa, E.; Abdala, Alejandro Ariel; Suarez Archilla, Guillermo; Sammarruco, Romina Ayelén; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel (Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, 2023-08)
      La tuberculosis bovina (TB) es una enfermedad endémica causada principalmente por Mycobacterium bovis. La respuesta inmune es predominantemente celular, siendo la intradermorreacción (IDR) la prueba diagnóstica de referencia. ...
    • Detección molecular de mycobacterium bovis y producción de leche en bovinos 

      Garro, Carlos Javier; Tomazic, Mariela Luján; Celi Castillo, Ana Beatriz; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel (FundaVet, 2019-06)
      La tuberculosis bovina (TB) es una enfermedad infecto contagiosa zoonótica producida por Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). La infección por esta micobacteria puede afectar a diferentes órganos y tejidos, incluyendo la glándula ...
    • Detection of Mycobacterium bovis–infected dairy herds using PCR in bulk tank milk samples 

      Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Soutullo, Adriana; Garcia, Maria Ines; Marini, M. Rocío; Abdala, Alejandro Ariel; Tarabla, Hector Dante; Echaide, Susana T. de; Lopez, Marcela; Zervini, Elsa; Canal, Ana María; Cataldi, Angel Adrian (Mary Ann Liebert Inc., 2012-02)
      Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic and zoonotic disease due to Mycobacterium bovis. The tuberculosis eradication campaign carried out in Argentina has considerably improved the health situation of the herds. Here we ...
    • Development of a lateral flow immunochromatography test for the rapid detection of bovine tuberculosis 

      Alonso, Maria Natalia; Griffa, Natanael; Moyano, Roberto Damián; Mon, Maria Laura; Colombatti Olivieri, Maria Alejandra; Barandiaran, Soledad; Martinez Vivot, Marcela; Fiorini, Gonzalo; Canal, Ana María; Santangelo, María De La Paz; Singh, Mahavir G.; Romano, Maria Isabel (Elsevier, 2021-04)
      Detection of specific antibodies would be a useful test strategy for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) as a complement to the single skin test. We developed a lateral flow immunochromatography (LFIC) test for rapid bTB detection ...
    • Does Mycobacterium bovis persist in cattle in a non-replicative latent state as Mycobacterium tuberculosis in human beings? 

      Sabio Y Garcia, Julia Veronica; Bigi, María Mercedes; Klepp, Laura Ines; Garcia, Elizabeth Andrea; Blanco, Federico Carlos; Bigi, Fabiana (Elsevier, 2020-08)
      Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) are responsible for tuberculosis in several mammals. In this complex, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis, which are closely related, show host ...
    • Draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium bovis 04-303, a highly virulent strain from Argentina 

      Nishibe, Christiane; Canevari Castelão, Ana Beatriz; Dalla Costa, Ricardo; Pinto, Beatriz Jeronimo; Varuzza, Leonardo; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Bernardelli, Amelia; Bigi, Fabiana; Blanco, Federico Carlos; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Almeida, Nalvo Franco; Araujo, Flabio Ribeiro de (American Society for Microbiology, 2013-11)
      Mycobacterium bovis strain 04-303 was isolated from a wild boar living in a free-ranging field in Argentina. This work reports the draft genome sequence of this highly virulent strain and the genomic comparison of its major ...
    • ERAP1 and PDE8A are downregulated in cattle protected against bovine tuberculosis 

      Blanco, Federico Carlos; Soria, Marcelo Abel; Klepp, Laura Ines; Bigi, Fabiana (Karger, 2017-12)
      Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a zoonotic disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis that is responsible for significant economic losses worldwide. In spite of its relevance, the limited knowledge about the host immune responses ...
    • Genotyping Mycobacterium bovis from cattle in the Central Pampas of Argentina: tempoal and regional trends 

      Shimizu, Ernesto; Macias, Analía; Paolicchi, Fernando; Magnano, Gabriel; Zapata, Laura; Fernandez, Analía; Canal, Ana María; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Caimi, Karina Cynthia; Zumarraga, Martin Jose (Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Brasil, 2014-04)
      Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (TB), a disease that affects approximately 5% of Argentinean cattle. Among the molecular methods for genotyping, the most convenient are spoligotyping and ...
    • La genómica de las micobacterias 

      Viale, Mariana; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Araujo, Flabio Ribeiro de; Zarraga, Ana Maria; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Romano, Maria Isabel; Bigi, Fabiana (Office International des Epizooties, 2016)
      Las especies Mycobacterium bovis y Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis son los agentes causales de la tuberculosis y la paratuberculosis en animales, respectivamente. Además, ambas micobacterias, pero fundamentalmente ...
    • Immunohistochemical detection of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in granulomas in cattle with natural Mycobacterium bovis infection 

      Canal, Ana María; Pezzone, Natalia; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Larzabal, Mariano; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Fernández, Analía; Dominguez, Lucas; Aranaz, Alicia; Rodriguez-Bertos, Antonio (2017)
      Cellular immune response was evaluated in lymph nodes and lung with different granulomatous lesions from cattle naturally infected with Mycobacterium bovis. For this purpose, we assessed pro-inflammatory and anti-inflamm ...
    • Mastitis tuberculosa en bovinos de leche : reporte de casos 

      Garro, Carlos Javier; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Marfil, Maria Jimena; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel (Asosiación Argentina de Veterinarios de Laboratorios de Díagnóstico, 2018-11)
      La tuberculosis bovina (TB) es una enfermedad del ganado producida principalmente, por Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). Aunque es conocido el riesgo de infección en terneros asociados al manejo del calostro y leche (Evangelista ...
    • Meningitis tuberculosa en una ternera : reporte de caso 

      Garro, Carlos Javier; Morris, Winston Eduardo; Olguin Perglione, Cecilia; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Schapiro, Javier Hernan; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel (Asosiación Argentina de Veterinarios de Laboratorios de Díagnóstico, 2018)
      La tuberculosis bovina (TB) es una enfermedad del ganado producida por Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), agente patógeno zoonótico capaz de infectar también a otras especies animales (Phillips et al., 2003). El objetivo de ...
    • Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle and buffalo in Amazon Region, Brazil 

      Carneiro, Paulo A.M.; Pasquatti, Taynara N.; Takatani, Haruo; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Marfil, Maria Jimena; Barnard, Christian; Fitzgerald, Scott D.; Abramovitch, Robert B.; Araujo, Flabio Ribeiro de; Kaneene, John B. (Wiley, 2020-02)
      The aim of this study was to characterize Mycobacterium bovis from cattle and buffalo tissue samples, from two Brazilian states, and to analyse their genetic diversity by spoligotyping. Tissue samples from tuberculosis ...
    • Mycobacterium bovis ESAT-6, CFP-10 and EspC antigens show high conservation among field isolates 

      Encinas, Micaela; Marfil, Maria Jimena; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Barandiaran, Soledad; Huertas, Pablo Sebastian; Morsella, Claudia Graciela; Macias, Analía; Magnano, Gabriel; Zapata, L.; Bigi, Fabiana; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Paolicchi, Fernando; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Eirin, Maria Emilia (Elsevier, 2018-07)
      ESAT-6, CFP-10 and EspC are virulence factors that have been extensively assayed for bovine and human tuberculosis diagnosis due their potent T-cell inducing activities. While polymorphisms of ESAT-6 and CFP-10 were analyzed, ...