Low Prevalence of <i>Mycobacterium bovis</i> in Tuberculosis Patients, Ethiopia
Muluwork Getahun, Henry M. Blumberg, Waganeh Sinshaw, Getu Diriba, Hilina Mollalign, Ephrem Tesfaye, Bazezew Yenew, Mengistu Taddess, et al. (13 authors)
Emerging infectious diseases · 2020-01
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
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Medicine
- Microbiology
- Biology