Bovine tuberculosisand its zoonotic importance
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Zoonotic diseases are naturally transmitted from animals to humans(WHO,2020.Tuberculosis isone of the mostimportant and widespread zoonotic diseases.Despite slow reductions in the annual burden of active human tuberculosis (TB) cases,zoonotic TB (zTB) remains a poorly monitored and an important unaddressed global problem.Zoonotic tuberculosis (TB), caused byMycobacterium bovis.M.bovisis a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (Mtbc), which includesM.tuberculosis, M.caprae, M.microti,M.africanum, M.canetti, M.pinnipedii,and M.bovis.Thesebelongs to a single genus Mycobacteriumwithin the family Mycobacteriaceaeand orderActinomycetales(Cocitoet al1994).
Author: Dr. M. Sonali, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary MicrobiologyDr. E. Kumar,Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinarypublic health and epidemiology,College of Veterinary Science, PVNR Telangana Veterinary University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6893398864
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