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Elephant-to-Human Transmission of Tuberculosis, 2009

In 2009, the Tennessee Department of Health received reports of 5 tuberculin skin test (TST) conversions among employees of an elephant refuge and isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a resident elephant. To determine the extent of the outbreak and identify risk factors for TST conversion, w...

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Autores principales: Murphree, Rendi, Warkentin, Jon V., Dunn, John R., Schaffner, William, Jones, Timothy F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21392425
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1703101668