A review of bovine tuberculosis at the wildlife-livestock-human interface in sub-Saharan Africa.
Epidemiol Infect
; 141(7): 1342-56, 2013 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-23587372
ABSTRACT
Infection of wild animals by bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is raising concern worldwide. This article reviews the current epidemiological situation, risk of emergence and control options at the wildlifelivestockhuman interface in sub-Saharan Africa. In livestock, bTB has been confirmed in the majority of countries from all parts of the continent. Wildlife infection is confirmed in seven countries from southern and eastern Africa, apparently spreading in the southern Africa region. Mycobacterium bovis has been isolated from 17 wild mammal species, although only four are suspected to play a role as maintenance host. Zoonotic risks are a concern, but no direct spillover from wildlife to humans has been documented, and no case of bTB spillback from wildlife to livestock has been confirmed. In this paper we assess the main risk factors of bTB spillover at the wildlifelivestockhuman interface and suggest several research themes which could improve the control of the disease in the African context.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose
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Zoonoses
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Animais Selvagens
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Mycobacterium bovis
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Epidemiol Infect
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França