Tuberculosis at the human-animal interface: An emerging disease of elephants

Tuberculosis

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-211

  Mikota, Susan K ^a   Maslow, Joel N ^b,c  

^a Elephant Care International   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB); Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELEPHANT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL STAFF; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELEPHANTS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TUBERCULOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79955679793     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.02.007     Document Type: Review

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