Differences in primary sites of infection between zoonotic and human tuberculosis: results from a worldwide systematic review.

• Main Authors: Salome Dürr (Author), Borna Müller (Author), Silvia Alonso (Author), Jan Hattendorf (Author), Cláudio J M Laisse (Author), Paul D van Helden (Author), Jakob Zinsstag (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most devastating infectious diseases worldwide. Whilst global burden estimates for M. tuberculosis infection (MtTB) are well established, accurate data on the contribution of zoonotic TB (zTB) caused by M. bovis or M. caprae to human TB are scarce. The association of...