Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by (), is a globally prevalent zoonotic infectious disease. World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) estimates indicate that up to 10% of the total human TB cases in developing countries are attributed to . Pakistan ranks 4th in global milk production with a livestock population of over 212 million animals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe contribution of to the proportion of tuberculosis cases in humans is unknown. A retrospective study was undertaken on archived complex (MTBC) isolates from a reference laboratory in Uganda to identify the prevalence of human infection. A total of 5676 isolates maintained in this repository were queried and 136 isolates were identified as pyrazinamide resistant, a hallmark phenotype of .
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