Mixed<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>Lineage Infection in 2 Elephants, Nepal
Sarad Paudel, Chie Nakajima, Susan K. Mikota, Kamal P. Gairhe, Bhagwan Maharjan, Suraj Subedi, Ajay Poudel, Mariko Sashika, et al. (11 authors)
Emerging infectious diseases · 2019-03
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
- Tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Lineage (genetic)
- Biology
- Beijing
- Virology
- Geography