Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2017-03, Vol.23 (3), p.504-506
Hauptverfasser: Zachariah, Arun, Pandiyan, Jeganathan, Madhavilatha, G K, Mundayoor, Sathish, Chandramohan, Bathrachalam, Sajesh, P K, Santhosh, Sam, Mikota, Susan K
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Sprache:eng
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Animals
Animals, Wild
Asian elephant
Dispatch
Distribution
elephant
Elephants
Elephas maximus
Health aspects
Humans
in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India
India
India - epidemiology
Medical research
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Tuberculosis - microbiology
Tuberculosis - veterinary
Zoonoses
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Zusammenfassung: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 in wild elephants.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2303.161741