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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...
Autores principales: | Zachariah, Arun, Pandiyan, Jeganathan, Madhavilatha, G.K., Mundayoor, Sathish, Chandramohan, Bathrachalam, Sajesh, P.K., Santhosh, Sam, Mikota, Susan K. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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