First reported case of fatal tuberculosis in a wild African elephant with past human-wildlife contact

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1476-1480

  Obanda, V ^a,b   Poghon, J ^a   Yongo, M ^a   Mulei, I ^b   Ngotho, M ^c   Waititu, K ^c   Makumi, J ^d   Gakuya, F ^a   Omondi, P ^a   Soriguer, R C ^e   Alasaad, S ^e,f  

^a KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Key word Tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PALLOR; PNEUMONIA; TUBERCULOSIS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ELEPHANTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; KENYA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84878840992     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813000022     Document Type: Article

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