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Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Research Letter

Tuberculosis in Lemurs and a Fossa at National Zoo, Madagascar, 2022

Marni LaFleurComments to Author , Hoby A. Rasoanaivo, Tojo H. Andrianarivo, Fanantenana Randria Andrianomanana, Stuart McKernan, Mamy Serge Raherison, Rakotoson Andrianantenaina, Michele Miller, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Simon Grandjean Lapierre, Paulo Ranaivomanana, and Niaina Rakotosamimanana
Author affiliations: University of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA (M. LaFleur); Lemur Love Inc., San Diego (M. LaFleur, H.A. Rasoanaivo); University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar (H. Rasoanaivo, T.H. Andrianarivo); Pasteur Institute of Madagascar, Antananarivo (T.H. Andrianarivo, F.R. Andrianomanana, M.S. Raherison, P. Ranaivomanana, N. Rakotosamimanana); Wildlife One Health, Mtunzini, South Africa (S. McKernan); Programme National de Lutte Contre la Tuberculose, Antananarivo (M.S. Raherison); University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa (M. Miller); Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (S. Grandjean Lapierre); Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada (S. Grandjean Lapierre)

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Details on Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex–positive animals at PBZT, Madagascar, 2022*

Animal Species (animal number) Sex Birth location Date of birth Date of death Sample method M. tuberculosis detected by GeneXpert M. tuberculosis sublineage
Fossa
 Cryptoprocta ferox
 M
 Wild
 Unknown
 2022 Aug
 Necropsy
 Low
 4.3.3
Lemur Eulemur flavifrons F Unknown Unknown Alive in 2022 Oct Swab Trace 4.3.3
E. fulvus M Unknown Unknown Alive in 2022 Oct Swab Trace 4.3.3
E. fulvus F Unknown Unknown Alive in 2022 Oct BAL Trace 4.3.3
E. rufus F Unknown Unknown Alive in 2022 Oct Swab Trace 4.3.3
Lemur catta F Unknown Unknown Alive in 2022 Oct BAL Trace 4.3.3
Propithecus coquereli M Wild Unknown Early 2022 Necropsy Low 4.3.3
Varecia variegata (1) F PBZT 2019 Oct 7 2022 Jul 24 Necropsy High 4.3.3
V. variegata (2) F PBZT 2019 Oct 7 2022 Aug 20 Necropsy High 4.3.4
V. variegata (3) M Palmarium Lemur Reserve, Toamasina 2015 2022 Sep 12 Necropsy High 4.3.3

*PBZT, Botanical and Zoological Park of Tsimbazaza.

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