Risk factors for human Mycobacterium bovis infections in an urban area of Brazil

Risk factors for human Mycobacterium bovis infections in an urban area of Brazil

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified human zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) due to Mycobacterium bovis as a neglected issue in the developing world. In a recent cross-sectional study in Brazil, three of 189 TB patients presented with a coinfection of M. bovis and M. tuberculosis a...

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Main Authors: Marcio Roberto Silva, Adalgiza da Silva Rocha, Flábio Ribeiro Araújo, Antônio Augusto Fonseca-Júnior, Andrea Padilha de Alencar, Philip Noel Suffys, Ronaldo Rodrigues da Costa, Maria Aparecida Scatamburlo Moreira, Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2018-06-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
tuberculosis
zoonoses
risk factors
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