Polyresistant Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Human and Sympatric Sheep, Spain, 2017-2018.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Pérez de Val, Bernat; Romero, Beatriz; Teresa Tórtola, María; Herrera León, Laura; Pozo, Pilar; Mercader, Irene; Sáez, Jose Luís; Domingo, Mariano; Vidal, Enric; de Val, Bernat Pérez; Tórtola, María Teresa; León, Laura Herrera
- Source
- Emerging Infectious Diseases. Apr2021, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p1241-1243. 3p.
- Subject
- *MYCOBACTERIAL diseases
*MYCOBACTERIUM bovis
*SHEEP
*TUBERCULOSIS
*HUMAN beings
*TUBERCULOSIS epidemiology
*MYCOBACTERIUM
*RESEARCH
*ANIMAL experimentation
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL cooperation
*EVALUATION research
*COMPARATIVE studies
*EPIDEMICS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1080-6040
The main etiologic agent of tuberculosis (TB) in livestock is Mycobacterium bovis; human TB cases caused by M. bovis are rare. Analysis of a TB outbreak caused by polyresistant M. bovis involving a human and sympatric sheep in Spain suggests local circulation of drug-resistant M. bovis strains among livestock. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]