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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Oh, Peter ; Granich, Reuben ; Scott, Jim ; Sun, Ben ; Joseph, Michael ; ... More +
Oh, Peter ; Granich, Reuben ; Scott, Jim ; Sun, Ben ; Joseph, Michael ; Stringfield, Cynthia ; Thisdell, Susan ; Staley, Jothan ; Workman-Malcolm, Donna ; Borenstein, Lee ; Lehnkering, Eleanor ; Ryan, Patrick ; Soukup, Jeanne ; Nitta, Annette ; Flood, Jennifer Less -
Description:
From 1997 to 2000, Mycobacterium tuberculosis was diagnosed in two Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), three Rocky Mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus), and one black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in the Los Angeles Zoo. DNA fingerprint patterns suggested recent transmission. An investigation found no active cases of tuberculosis in humans; however, tuberculin skin-test conversions in humans were associated with training elephants and attending an elephant necropsy.
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Animal Husbandry
Animals
Animals, Zoo
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
DNA Fingerprinting
Epizootic
Female
Genotype
Humans
Los Angeles
Male
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Outbreaks
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Tuberculin Test
Tuberculosis
Zoo
Zoonoses
Zoonoses

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 8(11):1290-1293.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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