Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India

We tested 3 ild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in southern India and confirmed infection in 3 animals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an obligate human pathogen, by PCR and genetic sequencing. Our results indicate that tuberculosis may be spilling over from humans (reverse zoonosis) and emerging...

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Autores principales: Zachariah, Arun, Pandiyan, Jeganathan, Madhavilatha, G.K., Mundayoor, Sathish, Chandramohan, Bathrachalam, Sajesh, P.K., Santhosh, Sam, Mikota, Susan K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221104
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161741
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Sumario:We tested 3 ild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in southern India and confirmed infection in 3 animals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an obligate human pathogen, by PCR and genetic sequencing. Our results indicate that tuberculosis may be spilling over from humans (reverse zoonosis) and emerging in wild elephants.

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