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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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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author Zachariah, Arun
Pandiyan, Jeganathan
Madhavilatha, G.K.
Mundayoor, Sathish
Chandramohan, Bathrachalam
Sajesh, P.K.
Santhosh, Sam
Mikota, Susan K.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-53827412017-04-06 Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India Zachariah, Arun Pandiyan, Jeganathan Madhavilatha, G.K. Mundayoor, Sathish Chandramohan, Bathrachalam Sajesh, P.K. Santhosh, Sam Mikota, Susan K. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5382741/ /pubmed/28221104 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161741 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Santhosh, Sam
Mikota, Susan K.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India
title Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India
title_full Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India
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title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India
title_short Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India
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topic Dispatch
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