Reverse zoonotic tuberculosis transmission from an emerging Uganda I strain between pastoralists and cattle in South-Eastern Nigeria.

Hezekiah Kehinde AdesokanVictor Oluwatoyin AkinseyeElizabeth Maria StreicherPaul Van HeldenRob Mark WarrenSimeon Idowu Cadmus

Published in: BMC veterinary research (2019)

Mycobacterium bovis was confirmed in humans and a reverse zoonotic tuberculosis transmission from an emerging Uganda I M. tuberculosis strain between pastoralists and cattle in Nigeria evidenced by MIRU-VNTR. Using molecular tools will help mitigate disease burden through informed epidemiological insights.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis
hiv aids
south africa
emergency department
risk factors
hepatitis c virus
human immunodeficiency virus