Mycobacterial Diseases
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ISSN: 2161-1068
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ISSN: 2161-1068
+44 1478 350008
Araya Mengistu
PO Box: 196, Gondar
Ethiopia
Research Article
Bovine Tuberculosis in Rural Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study on Cattle Owned by Households with and without Tuberculosis
Author(s): Araya Mengistu, Fikre Enqusselasie, Abraham Aseffa and Demissew BeyeneAraya Mengistu, Fikre Enqusselasie, Abraham Aseffa and Demissew Beyene
Background: Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is endemic in Ethiopia. Intimacy of cattle and humans in rural farming communities may transmit Mycobacterium bovis to humans. However, there is little information about the possible transmission of pulmonary tuberculosis between humans and cattle. The current study aimed at investigating the likelihood of bovine TB among livestock in households with a confirmed pulmonary TB case.
Method: The households studied were those where TB had been diagnosed in any household member (35 pulmonary TB case households) in comparison to households without a person diagnosed with pulmonary TB (105 comparison households). Cattle owned by both households were tested with the comparative intradermal skin test (CIDT) to collect primary data. Logistic regression was used to assess the factors associated with CIDT reactivity in.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-1068.1000191