Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2019)

Cat-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis, United Kingdom

  • Catherine M. O’Connor,
  • Muhammad Abid,
  • Amanda L. Walsh,
  • Behrooz Behbod,
  • Tony Roberts,
  • Linda V. Booth,
  • H. Lucy Thomas,
  • Noel H. Smith,
  • Eleftheria Palkopoulou,
  • James Dale,
  • Javier Nunez-Garcia,
  • Dilys Morgan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.190012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 12
pp. 2284 – 2286

Abstract

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Human infection with Mycobacterium bovis is reported infrequently in the United Kingdom. Most cases involve previous consumption of unpasteurized milk. We report a rare occurrence of 2 incidents of cat-to-human transmission of M. bovis during a cluster of infection in cats.

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