Elephant-to-Human Transmission of Tuberculosis, 2009

In 2009, the Tennessee Department of Health received reports of 5 tuberculin skin test (TST) conversions among employees of an elephant refuge and isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a resident elephant. To determine the extent of the outbreak and identify risk factors for TST conversion, w...

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Main Authors: Rendi Murphree, Jon V. Warkentin, John R. Dunn, William Schaffner, Timothy F. Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/3/10-1668_article