Low Prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis in Tuberculosis Patients, Ethiopia
Getahun M, Blumberg HM, Sinshaw W, Diriba G, Mollalign H, Tesfaye E, Yenew B, Taddess M, et al. (13 authors)
Emerging infectious diseases · 2020-03
Abstract
An estimated 17% of all tuberculosis cases in Ethiopia are caused by Mycobacterium bovis. We used M. tuberculosis complex isolates to identify the prevalence of M. bovis as the cause of pulmonary tuberculosis. Our findings indicate that the proportion of pulmonary tuberculosis due to M. bovis is small (0.12%).
MeSH terms
- Animals
- Humans
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- Zoonoses
- Prevalence
- Ethiopia