Low Prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis in Tuberculosis Patients, Ethiopia

Abstract

An estimated 17% of all tuberculosis cases in Ethiopia are caused by Mycobacterium bovis. We used M. tuberculosis complex isolates to identify the prevalence of M. bovis as the cause of pulmonary tuberculosis. Our findings indicate that the proportion of pulmonary tuberculosis due to M. bovis is small (0.12%).

Keywords

• Bacteria
• cattle
• Ethiopia
• livestock
• Mycobaterium bovis
• nontuberculosis mycobacteria