Prevalence of latent and active tuberculosis among dairy farm workers exposed to cattle infected by Mycobacterium bovis.

Prevalence of latent and active tuberculosis among dairy farm workers exposed to cattle infected by Mycobacterium bovis.

BACKGROUND: Human tuberculosis caused by M. bovis is a zoonosis presently considered sporadic in developed countries, but remains a poorly studied problem in low and middle resource countries. The disease in humans is mainly attributed to unpasteurized dairy products consumption. However, transmissi...

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Main Authors: Pedro Torres-Gonzalez, Orbelin Soberanis-Ramos, Areli Martinez-Gamboa, Barbara Chavez-Mazari, Ma Teresa Barrios-Herrera, Martha Torres-Rojas, Luis Pablo Cruz-Hervert, Lourdes Garcia-Garcia, Mahavir Singh, Adrian Gonzalez-Aguirre, Alfredo Ponce de Leon-Garduño, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Miriam Bobadilla-Del-Valle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3636137?pdf=render

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