Zoonotic Mycobacterium bovis–induced Tuberculosis in Humans

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Müller, Borna ; Dürr, Salome ; Alonso, Silvia ; Hattendorf, Jan ; Laisse, Cláudio J.M. ; Parsons, Sven D.C. ; van Helden, Paul D. ; Zinsstag, Jakob
• Description:
  We aimed to estimate the global occurrence of zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis or M. caprae infections in humans by performing a multilingual, systematic review and analysis of relevant scientific literature of the last 2 decades. Although information from many parts of the world was not available, data from 61 countries suggested a low global disease incidence. In regions outside Africa included in this study, overall median proportions of zoonotic TB of ≤1.4% in connection with overall TB incidence rates ≤71/100,000 population/year suggested low incidence rates. For countries of Africa included in the study, we multiplied the observed median proportion of zoonotic TB cases of 2.8% with the continental average overall TB incidence rate of 264/100,000 population/year, which resulted in a crude estimate of 7 zoonotic TB cases/100,000 population/year. These generally low incidence rates notwithstanding, available data indicated substantial consequences of this disease for some population groups and settings.
• Subjects:
  Animals Cattle Coinfection HIV Infections Humans Incidence Synopsis Tuberculosis Zoonoses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 19(6):899-908.
• Pubmed ID:
  23735540
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4816377
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Africa ; Americas ; Australia ; China ; Europe ; New Zealand
• Location:
  Africa ; North America ; Oceania ; Asia ; Europe
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b0ee62acf2178939abd0be87137c8bb82c0102d56e2249c776ed67c89160fbc8
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/39178/cdc_39178_DS1.pdf
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