Cat-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis, United Kingdom

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  O’Connor, Catherine M. ; Abid, Muhammad ; Walsh, Amanda L. ; Behbod, Behrooz ; Roberts, Tony ; Booth, Linda V. ; Thomas, H. Lucy ; Smith, Noel H. ; Palkopoulou, Eleftheria ; Dale, James ; Nunez-Garcia, Javier ; Morgan, Dilys
• Description:
  Human infection with Mycobacterium bovis is reported infrequently in the United Kingdom. Most cases involve previous consumption of unpasteurized milk. We report a rare occurrence of 2 incidents of cat-to-human transmission of M. bovis during a cluster of infection in cats.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Animals Cats Genome, Bacterial Genomics Genotype Humans Mycobacterium Bovis Phylogeny Tuberculosis Young Adult Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(12):2284-2286
• Pubmed ID:
  31742516
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6874266
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United Kingdom
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:46c3e8a0f5cea71176366346166d8ffa95be25248cfb8a30ab55c049be023028
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83292/cdc_83292_DS1.pdf
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