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Zoonotic Mycobacterium bovis induced tuberculosis in humans

Müller, Borna and Dürr, Salome and Alonso, Silvia and Hattendorf, Jan and Laisse, Cláudio J. M. and Parsons, Sven D. C. and van Helden, Paul D. and Zinsstag, Jakob. (2013) Zoonotic Mycobacterium bovis induced tuberculosis in humans. Emerging infectious diseases, Vol. 19, H. 6. pp. 899-908.

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Abstract

We aimed to estimate the global occurrence of zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis or M. caprae infections in humans by performing a multilingual, systematic review and analysis of relevant scientific literature of the last 2 decades. Although information from many parts of the world was not available, data from 61 countries suggested a low global disease incidence. In regions outside Africa included in this study, overall median proportions of zoonotic TB of ≤1.4% in connection with overall TB incidence rates ≤71/100,000 population/year suggested low incidence rates. For countries of Africa included in the study, we multiplied the observed median proportion of zoonotic TB cases of 2.8% with the continental average overall TB incidence rate of 264/100,000 population/year, which resulted in a crude estimate of 7 zoonotic TB cases/100,000 population/year. These generally low incidence rates notwithstanding, available data indicated substantial consequences of this disease for some population groups and settings.
Faculties and Departments:09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) > Human and Animal Health > One Health (Zinsstag)
UniBasel Contributors:Hattendorf, Jan and Zinsstag, Jakob Z
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:National Center for Infectious Diseases
ISSN:1080-6040
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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