Mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage Infection in 2 Elephants, Nepal
Paudel S, Nakajima C, Mikota SK, Gairhe KP, Maharjan B, Subedi S, Poudel A, Sashika M, et al. (11 authors)
Emerging infectious diseases · 2019-05
Abstract
Tuberculosis in elephants is primarily caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We identified mixed M. tuberculosis lineage infection in 2 captive elephants in Nepal by using spoligotyping and large sequence polymorphism. One elephant was infected with Indo-Oceanic and East African-Indian (CAS-Delhi) lineages; the other was infected with Indo-Oceanic and East Asian (Beijing) lineages.
MeSH terms
- Animals
- Humans
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Animal Diseases
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Genes, Bacterial
- Nepal