Cat-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis, United Kingdom

Human infection with Mycobacterium bovis is reported infrequently in the United Kingdom. Most cases involve previous consumption of unpasteurized milk. We report a rare occurrence of 2 incidents of cat-to-human transmission of M. bovis during a cluster of infection in cats.

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Autores principales: O’Connor, Catherine M., Abid, Muhammad, Walsh, Amanda L., Behbod, Behrooz, Roberts, Tony, Booth, Linda V., Thomas, H. Lucy, Smith, Noel H., Palkopoulou, Eleftheria, Dale, James, Nunez-Garcia, Javier, Morgan, Dilys
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6874266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31742516
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.190012
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author O’Connor, Catherine M.
Abid, Muhammad
Walsh, Amanda L.
Behbod, Behrooz
Roberts, Tony
Booth, Linda V.
Thomas, H. Lucy
Smith, Noel H.
Palkopoulou, Eleftheria
Dale, James
Nunez-Garcia, Javier
Morgan, Dilys
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Abid, Muhammad
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Palkopoulou, Eleftheria
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spelling pubmed-68742662019-12-01 Cat-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis, United Kingdom O’Connor, Catherine M. Abid, Muhammad Walsh, Amanda L. Behbod, Behrooz Roberts, Tony Booth, Linda V. Thomas, H. Lucy Smith, Noel H. Palkopoulou, Eleftheria Dale, James Nunez-Garcia, Javier Morgan, Dilys Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Human infection with Mycobacterium bovis is reported infrequently in the United Kingdom. Most cases involve previous consumption of unpasteurized milk. We report a rare occurrence of 2 incidents of cat-to-human transmission of M. bovis during a cluster of infection in cats. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6874266/ /pubmed/31742516 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.190012 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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O’Connor, Catherine M.
Abid, Muhammad
Walsh, Amanda L.
Behbod, Behrooz
Roberts, Tony
Booth, Linda V.
Thomas, H. Lucy
Smith, Noel H.
Palkopoulou, Eleftheria
Dale, James
Nunez-Garcia, Javier
Morgan, Dilys
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title_short Cat-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis, United Kingdom
title_sort cat-to-human transmission of mycobacterium bovis, united kingdom
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6874266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31742516
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.190012
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