Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India

Autor:	Arun Zachariah, Jeganathan Pandiyan, G.K. Madhavilatha, Sathish Mundayoor, Bathrachalam Chandramohan, P.K. Sajesh, Sam Santhosh, Susan K. Mikota
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis elephant Elephas maximus India zoonoses Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 504-506 (2017)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2303.161741
Popis:	We tested wild 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.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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