Prevalence and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in cattle and humans, Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.

Ayi Vandi KwagheJames Agbo AmehCaleb Ayuba KudiAbdul-Ganiyu AmbaliHezekiah Kehinde AdesokanVictor Oluwatoyin AkinseyeOlubukola Deborah AdelakunJoy Gararawa UsmanSimeon Idowu Cadmus

Published in: BMC microbiology (2023)

Cattle in Damboa LGA need to be screened for bTB as majority of the infected animals were brought from there. Our findings revealed the presence of SB0944 and SB1025 spoligotypes from cattle in Borno state. We isolated M. tuberculosis strain of the H family mainly domiciled in Europe from humans.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
risk factors
pulmonary tuberculosis
physical activity
single cell