Investigating Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis in the United Kingdom in 2005 to 2008

Mandal, Sema; Bradshaw, Louise; Anderson, Laura; Brown, Tim; T. Evans, Jason; Drobniewski, Francis; Smith, Grace; G. Magee, John; M. Barrett, A.; Blatchford, O.; F. Laurenson, Ian; Seagar, Amie-Louise; Ruddy, Michael; Lewis White, P.; Myers, Richard; M. Hawkey, Peter; Abubakar, Ibrahim

doi:10.1128/jcm.02299-10

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Investigating Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis in the United Kingdom in 2005 to 2008

Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology • Mar 24, 2011

Authors:

Sema Mandal

Louise Bradshaw

Laura Anderson

Abstract

Due to an increase in bovine tuberculosis in cattle in the United Kingdom, we investigated the characteristics of Mycobacterium bovis infection in humans and assessed whether extensive transmission of M. bovis between humans has occurred. A cross-sectional study linking demographic, clinical, and DN...

Subject

Mycobacterium bovis

Outbreak

Tuberculosis

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