Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Free-Roaming Wild Asian Elephant

Postmortem examination of a wild Asian elephant at Rajiv Gandhi National Park, India, revealed nodular lesions, granulomas with central caseation, and acid-fast bacilli in the lungs. PCR and nucleotide sequencing confirmed the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This study indicates that wild el...

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Autores principales: Chandranaik, Basavegowdanadoddi Marinaik, Shivashankar, Beechagondahalli Papanna, Umashankar, Kunigal Srinivasa, Nandini, Poojappa, Giridhar, Papanna, Byregowda, Somenahalli Munivenkatappa, Shrinivasa, Basavegowdanadoddi Marinaik
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221114
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161439
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author Chandranaik, Basavegowdanadoddi Marinaik
Shivashankar, Beechagondahalli Papanna
Umashankar, Kunigal Srinivasa
Nandini, Poojappa
Giridhar, Papanna
Byregowda, Somenahalli Munivenkatappa
Shrinivasa, Basavegowdanadoddi Marinaik
author_facet Chandranaik, Basavegowdanadoddi Marinaik
Shivashankar, Beechagondahalli Papanna
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Nandini, Poojappa
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Byregowda, Somenahalli Munivenkatappa
Shrinivasa, Basavegowdanadoddi Marinaik
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description Postmortem examination of a wild Asian elephant at Rajiv Gandhi National Park, India, revealed nodular lesions, granulomas with central caseation, and acid-fast bacilli in the lungs. PCR and nucleotide sequencing confirmed the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This study indicates that wild elephants can harbor M. tuberculosis that can become fatal.
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spelling pubmed-53827562017-04-06 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Free-Roaming Wild Asian Elephant Chandranaik, Basavegowdanadoddi Marinaik Shivashankar, Beechagondahalli Papanna Umashankar, Kunigal Srinivasa Nandini, Poojappa Giridhar, Papanna Byregowda, Somenahalli Munivenkatappa Shrinivasa, Basavegowdanadoddi Marinaik Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Postmortem examination of a wild Asian elephant at Rajiv Gandhi National Park, India, revealed nodular lesions, granulomas with central caseation, and acid-fast bacilli in the lungs. PCR and nucleotide sequencing confirmed the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This study indicates that wild elephants can harbor M. tuberculosis that can become fatal. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5382756/ /pubmed/28221114 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161439 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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Shivashankar, Beechagondahalli Papanna
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Giridhar, Papanna
Byregowda, Somenahalli Munivenkatappa
Shrinivasa, Basavegowdanadoddi Marinaik
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Free-Roaming Wild Asian Elephant
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title_full Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Free-Roaming Wild Asian Elephant
title_fullStr Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Free-Roaming Wild Asian Elephant
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title_short Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Free-Roaming Wild Asian Elephant
title_sort mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in free-roaming wild asian elephant
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382756/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161439
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