Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2023)

Emergence of Mycobacterium orygis–Associated Tuberculosis in Wild Ruminants, India

  • Megha Sharma,
  • Karikalan Mathesh,
  • Premanshu Dandapat,
  • Asok Kumar Mariappan,
  • Ravi Kumar,
  • Soni Kumari,
  • Vivek Kapur,
  • Sushila Maan,
  • Naresh Jindal,
  • Nitish Bansal,
  • Riyaz Kadiwar,
  • Abhishek Kumar,
  • Nitin Gupta,
  • A.M. Pawde,
  • A.K. Sharma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.221228
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 3
pp. 661 – 663

Abstract

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Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium orygis was detected in 2 spotted deer from a wildlife sanctuary in western India and an Indian bison from a national park in central India. Nationwide surveillance is urgently required to clarify the epidemiology of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex at the human–livestock–wildlife interface.

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