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Rivista trimestrale di Sanità
Pubblica Veterinaria edita dall'Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale
dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale
A quarterly journal devoted to veterinary public health, veterinary science and medicine published by the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise ‘G. Caporale’ in Teramo, Italy |
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ISSUES ONLINE
2009
- Volume 45 (1)
January-March |
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Charles
O. Thoen, DVM, PhD, Philip A. LoBue, MD, Donald A. Enarson, MD, John
B. Kaneene, DVM, MPH, PhD & Isabel N. de Kantor, PhD |
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Tuberculosis:
a re-emerging disease in animals and humans |
135-181 |
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Summary
Tuberculosis
continues to be an important disease both in humans and animals.
It causes morbidity, mortality and economic loss worldwide. The
occurrence of Mycobacterium bovis disease in humans, domesticated
and wild animals confirms the relevance of this zoonosis. M.
bovis in humans continues to be reported in industrialised countries
and in immigrants from regions of the world where tuberculosis in
cattle is endemic. The real incidence of M. bovis in humans
in developing countries continues to be roughly under-estimated
due to the scarcity of appropriate laboratory facilities to isolate
and to differentiate M. bovis strains. In Latin America,
less than 1% of tuberculosis cases are reported as being due to
M. bovis. However, the economic relevance that meat and dairy
industries play in these countries stimulates the promotion of bovine
tuberculosis eradication programmes. Human-to-human airborne transmission
of M. bovis does occur and it may be important where human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in humans is prevalent, M.
bovis infection in cattle is enzootic and pasteurisation of
dairy products is not routinely practised. Eradication of M.
bovis in cattle and pasteurisation of dairy products are the
cornerstones of prevention of human disease. Measures should be
developed to identify and control M. bovis infection in wild
animals as these may be important reservoirs of infection for domesticated
food-producing animals. There is a need for medical and veterinary
professionals to cooperate on disease outbreaks. The information
presented herein strongly supports the ‘One
World/One Health/One Medicine’
concept.
Keywords
Health,
Mycobacterium, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium
tuberculosis, One Health, Public health, Tuberculosis. |
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