Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2019)

Mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage Infection in 2 Elephants, Nepal

  • Sarad Paudel,
  • Chie Nakajima,
  • Susan K. Mikota,
  • Kamal P. Gairhe,
  • Bhagwan Maharjan,
  • Suraj Subedi,
  • Ajay Poudel,
  • Mariko Sashika,
  • Michito Shimozuru,
  • Yasuhiko Suzuki,
  • Toshio Tsubota

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181898
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 5
pp. 1031 – 1032

Abstract

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Tuberculosis in elephants is primarily caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We identified mixed M. tuberculosis lineage infection in 2 captive elephants in Nepal by using spoligotyping and large sequence polymorphism. One elephant was infected with Indo-Oceanic and East African–Indian (CAS-Delhi) lineages; the other was infected with Indo-Oceanic and East Asian (Beijing) lineages.

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