The situation of tuberculosis and tuberculosis control in animals of economic interest

W Amanfu - Tuberculosis, 2006 - Elsevier
The need to focus international attention on the continuing problem of tuberculosis in
animals of economic interest, can hardly be over-emphasized. Mycobacterium bovis, is the …

Exposure to nontraditional pets at home and to animals in public settings: risks to children

LK Pickering, N Marano, JA Bocchini, FJ Angulo… - …, 2008 - publications.aap.org
Exposure to animals can provide many benefits during the growth and development of
children. However, there are potential risks associated with animal exposures, including …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of importing zoonotic diseases through wildlife trade, United States

BI Pavlin, LM Schloegel, P Daszak - Emerging infectious diseases, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The United States is the world's largest wildlife importer, and imported wild animals
represent a potential source of zoonotic pathogens. Using data on mammals imported …

Tuberculosis as a zoonosis from a veterinary perspective

Y Une, T Mori - Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious …, 2007 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis is an important disease among many zoonoses, because both Mycobacterium
tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis, which are the major causes of tuberculosis, are …

Highly accurate antibody assays for early and rapid detection of tuberculosis in African and Asian elephants

R Greenwald, O Lyashchenko… - Clinical and Vaccine …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tuberculosis (TB) in elephants is a reemerging zoonotic disease caused primarily by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Current methods for screening and diagnosis rely on trunk …

Tuberculosis in Elephants: Antibody Responses to Defined Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Potential for Early Diagnosis, and Monitoring of Treatment

KP Lyashchenko, R Greenwald… - Clinical and Vaccine …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tuberculosis (TB) in elephants is a re-emerging zoonotic disease caused primarily by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Current diagnosis relies on trunk wash culture, the only …

Fatal tuberculosis in a free-ranging African elephant and one health implications of human pathogens in wildlife

MA Miller, P Buss, EO Roos, G Hausler… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) in humans is a global public health concern and the discovery of animal
cases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection and disease, especially in multi-host …

Facts and dilemmas in diagnosis of tuberculosis in wildlife

M Maas, AL Michel, VPMG Rutten - … Immunology, Microbiology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium bovis, causing bovine tuberculosis (BTB), has been recognized as a global
threat at the wildlife-livestock-human interface, a clear “One Health” issue. Several wildlife …

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

SK Mikota, JN Maslow - Tuberculosis, 2011 - Elsevier
Over the past 15 years, cases of infection with organisms of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis
complex have been diagnosed among captive elephants in the United States and …

Understanding Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in elephants through a One Health approach: a systematic review

RM Rajbhandari, J de la Fuente, D Karmacharya… - BMC Veterinary …, 2022 - Springer
Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) that causes the chronic infectious
disease-tuberculosis (TB), often presents with a complicated epidemiological pattern where …