Occupational Exposure to Zoonotic Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium caprae, Northern Greece, 2019

Pulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium caprae was diagnosed in a 65-year-old goat breeder from northern Greece. This case represents a documented occupational transmission of M. caprae and highlights the importance of enhanced laboratory screening and increased surveillance for zoonotic tube...

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Autores principales: Papaventsis, Dimitrios, Dougas, George, Kalkouni, Ourania, Karabela, Simona, Manika, Katerina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34152976
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.204399
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author Papaventsis, Dimitrios
Dougas, George
Kalkouni, Ourania
Karabela, Simona
Manika, Katerina
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spelling pubmed-82378812021-07-09 Occupational Exposure to Zoonotic Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium caprae, Northern Greece, 2019 Papaventsis, Dimitrios Dougas, George Kalkouni, Ourania Karabela, Simona Manika, Katerina Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Pulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium caprae was diagnosed in a 65-year-old goat breeder from northern Greece. This case represents a documented occupational transmission of M. caprae and highlights the importance of enhanced laboratory screening and increased surveillance for zoonotic tuberculosis control. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8237881/ /pubmed/34152976 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.204399 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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Papaventsis, Dimitrios
Dougas, George
Kalkouni, Ourania
Karabela, Simona
Manika, Katerina
Occupational Exposure to Zoonotic Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium caprae, Northern Greece, 2019
title Occupational Exposure to Zoonotic Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium caprae, Northern Greece, 2019
title_full Occupational Exposure to Zoonotic Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium caprae, Northern Greece, 2019
title_fullStr Occupational Exposure to Zoonotic Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium caprae, Northern Greece, 2019
title_full_unstemmed Occupational Exposure to Zoonotic Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium caprae, Northern Greece, 2019
title_short Occupational Exposure to Zoonotic Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium caprae, Northern Greece, 2019
title_sort occupational exposure to zoonotic tuberculosis caused by mycobacterium caprae, northern greece, 2019
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34152976
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.204399
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