All Outputs (3)

A histopathological study in road-killed European badgers (Meles meles) from the English midlands with isolation of novel non-tuberculous atypical mycobacteria (2024)
Journal Article
Corbetta, D., Grau-Roma, L., Rees, C., Swift, B., O'Cathail, C., Barron, E., Verin, R., Morey-Matamalas, A., Sorley, M., & Bennett, M. (2024). A histopathological study in road-killed European badgers (Meles meles) from the English midlands with isolation of novel non-tuberculous atypical mycobacteria. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 70(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-024-01866-4

European badgers (Meles meles) play an important role in the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis (caused by Mycobacterium bovis) in England, but little is known about the prevalence of atypical mycobacteriosis. Badgers are also known to be infected b... Read More about A histopathological study in road-killed European badgers (Meles meles) from the English midlands with isolation of novel non-tuberculous atypical mycobacteria.

Detecting Closer to Care: Combining Phage and LAMP to Detect Tuberculosis, Bovine TB and Johne’s Disease (2024)
Journal Article
Shield, C. G., Bartlett, A. E. M., Haldar, P., & Swift, B. M. C. (in press). Detecting Closer to Care: Combining Phage and LAMP to Detect Tuberculosis, Bovine TB and Johne’s Disease. Applied Microbiology, 4(1), 341-353. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol4010023

Mycobacterial diseases impact millions in the human and veterinary fields each year. Their diagnosis is long and laborious, often only sensitive in the late stages of disease. This has created an unmet need for new diagnostics that are effective in t... Read More about Detecting Closer to Care: Combining Phage and LAMP to Detect Tuberculosis, Bovine TB and Johne’s Disease.

PET-CT-guided characterisation of progressive, preclinical tuberculosis infection and its association with low-level circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in household contacts in Leicester, UK: a prospective cohort study (2024)
Journal Article
Kim, J. W., Bowman, K., Nazareth, J., Lee, J., Woltmann, G., Verma, R., Sharifpour, M., Shield, C., Rees, C., Kamil, A., Swift, B., & Haldar, P. (2024). PET-CT-guided characterisation of progressive, preclinical tuberculosis infection and its association with low-level circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in household contacts in Leicester, UK: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Microbe, 5(2), e119-e130. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2666-5247%2823%2900289-6

Background
Incipient tuberculosis, a progressive state of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection with an increased risk of developing into tuberculosis disease, remains poorly characterised. Animal models suggest an association of progressive infectio... Read More about PET-CT-guided characterisation of progressive, preclinical tuberculosis infection and its association with low-level circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in household contacts in Leicester, UK: a prospective cohort study.