 Lymph node from a swine with pathology derived from Mycobacterium avium infection Credit: Vladimir Polacek, Veterinary Specialized Institute Kraljevo, Serbia |
Through work carried out in connection with her PhD, Tone Bjordal Johansen has shown that Mycobacterium avium does not infect pigs via birds, as previously believed. M. avium can be divided into several subspecies, and the research shows that birds are infected by one particular subspecies, whereas pigs and humans are infected by another. Closely related bacteria were isolated in pigs and humans, which would indicate that pigs and humans are vulnerable to infection from the same sources in their surroundings.
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