Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection as a Zoonotic Disease: Transmission between Humans and Elephants
Between 1994 and 1996, three elephants from an exotic animal farm in Illinois died of pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In October 1996, a fourth living elephant was culture-positive for M. tuberculosis. Twenty-two handlers at the farm were screened for tuberculosis (TB); eleven h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1998-06-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/4/2/98-0217_article |