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- Title
Human Exposure following Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of Multiple Animal Species in a Metropolitan Zoo.
- Authors
Oh, Peter; Granich, Reuben; Scott, Jim; Sun, Ben; Joseph, Michael; Stringfield, Cynthia; Thisdell, Susan; Staley, Jothan; Workman-Malcolm, Donna; Borenstein, Lee; Lehnkering, Eleanor; Ryan, Patrick; Soukup, Jeanne; Nitta, Annette; Flood, Jennifer
- Abstract
Examines the possible transmission of tuberculosis (TB) to humans from TB-infected animals at the Los Angeles Zoo in California. Synopsis of animal TB cases at the zoo; Analysis of the results of TB screening of employees at the zoo; Discussion on the epidemiologic findings and genotyping of isolates from animals infected with the disease.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; LOS Angeles (Calif.); UNITED States; TUBERCULOSIS transmission; ZOO animal diseases; DISEASE vectors
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002, Vol 8, Issue 11, p1290
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid0811.020302