Polyresistant Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Human and Sympatric Sheep, Spain, 2017–2018

Polyresistant Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Human and Sympatric Sheep, Spain, 2017–2018

The main etiologic agent of tuberculosis (TB) in livestock is Mycobacterium bovis; human TB cases caused by M. bovis are rare. Analysis of a TB outbreak caused by polyresistant M. bovis involving a human and sympatric sheep in Spain suggests local circulation of drug-resistant M. bovis strains amon...

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Main Authors: Bernat Pérez de Val, Beatriz Romero, María Teresa Tórtola, Laura Herrera León, Pilar Pozo, Irene Mercader, Jose Luís Sáez, Mariano Domingo, Enric Vidal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
drug resistance
Mycobacterium bovis
zoonoses
livestock
sheep
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/4/20-4467_article

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