Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2004)

Mycobacterium bovis Infection, United Kingdom

  • Robert M.M. Smith,
  • Francis Drobniewski,
  • Andrea Gibson,
  • John D.E. Montague,
  • Margaret N. Logan,
  • David Hunt,
  • Glyn Hewinson,
  • Roland L. Salmon,
  • Brian O’Neill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1003.020819
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 3
pp. 539 – 541

Abstract

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We describe the first documented spillover of bovine tuberculosis from animals into the human population of the United Kingdom since the resurgence of the disease in cattle in the country. This finding suggests that there may be a small risk for transmission to humans, making continued vigilance particularly necessary.

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