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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among Asian Elephants in Captivity
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 513-516 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017.
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Abstract
- Although awareness of tuberculosis among captive elephants is increasing, antituberculosis therapy for these animals is not standardized. We describe Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission between captive elephants based on whole genome analysis and report a successful combination treatment. Infection control protocols and careful monitoring of treatment of captive elephants with tuberculosis are warranted.
- Subjects :
- DNA, Bacterial
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
Tuberculosis
040301 veterinary sciences
Epidemiology
Elephants
lcsh:Medicine
Captivity
Elephas maximus
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
0403 veterinary science
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
03 medical and health sciences
Combined treatment
M. tuberculosis
medicine
Animals
Infection control
lcsh:RC109-216
bacteria
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among Asian Elephants in Captivity
Asian elephants
whole genome sequencing
biology
Transmission (medicine)
Captive elephants
lcsh:R
Dispatch
transmission
bacterial infection
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
zoonoses
030104 developmental biology
Infectious Diseases
whole-genome sequencing
Immunology
Animals, Zoo
Genome, Bacterial
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806059 and 10806040
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....da00d95656772ac9f598af260305e0dc