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Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from human to cattle.

Ocepek M, Pate M, Zolnir-Dovc M, Poljak M

Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, Veterinary Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

We describe the first transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from human to cattle confirmed by molecular typing of isolates involved in the transmission. IS6110-based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis showed that the isolates from the cattle and farm worker who suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis 1 year prior to this case were the same strains.

Published 7 July 2005 in J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3555-7.
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