Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection as a zoonotic disease: Transmission between humans and elephants

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-287

  Michalak, Kathleen ^a   Austin, Connie ^b   Diesel, Sandy ^a   Bacon, J Maichle ^a   Zimmerman, Phil ^c   Maslow, Joel N ^d  

^a McHenry County Department of Health   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BCG VACCINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELEPHANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0031836388     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0402.980217     Document Type: Review

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