mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Prevalence of Bovine Tuberculosis Caused by Species of the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex in Bangui, Central African Republic, in 2025

H. S. Gbazi, E. Lango Yaya, C. M. Pamatika, Y. P. Yanawere, L. M. D. Bejendo, E. Makopa, B. Bialle, S. Boukouni, B. Koffi & S. W. Nambei · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2026

Introduction: Bovine tuberculosis, caused mainly by Mycobacterium bovis, is an important zoonosis, but epidemiological evidence from the Central African Republic remains limited. Aims: This study determined the apparent prevalence of bovine tuberculosis among cattle slaughtered i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2026/v36i71766

Direct and Rapid Diagnosis of Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Archival Tissue by Nested and Touchdown PCR

L. F. Nimri, Z. Al-joulani & I. Matalka · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2014

Aims: To identify and differentiate mycobacterium spp. in archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue by PCR to supply additional differential diagnostic method for Mycobacterium infections, where tuberculosis had been tested for by histopathological methods but without cul...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2014/8427

Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Lung Specimen of Slaughtered Cattle and Goats by a DNA Based multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction and Ziehl-Neelsen Methods In Jos, Nigeria

Isioma Doris Chukwu, Chukwu Otuh Okoh Chukwu, Yvonne Tawolo Kandakai-Olukemi, Olajide Owolodun, Chika Nwosuh, Godwin Ojonugua Agada, Benshak John Audu & Solomon Chuwang Chollom · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2013

Aims: Determine percentage positive by the Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain; detect 245 base pair fragment of the IS6110 gene for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using INS1 and INS2 primers and 500 base pair fragment of the RvD1Rv2031c gene for M. bovis using the JB21 and JB22 primers...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2013/3708