Zoonotic Mycobacterium bovis-induced tuberculosis in humans.

Müller, Borna; Dürr, Salome Esther; Alonso, Silvia; Hattendorf, Jan; Laisse, Cláudio J. M.; Parsons, Sven D. C.; van Helden, Paul D.; Zinsstag, Jakob (2013). Zoonotic Mycobacterium bovis-induced tuberculosis in humans. Emerging infectious diseases, 19(6), pp. 899-908. U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 10.3201/eid1906.120543

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We aimed to estimate the global occurrence of zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis or M. caprae infections in humans by performing a multilingual, systematic review and analysis of relevant scientific literature of the last 2 decades. Although information from many parts of the world was not available, data from 61 countries suggested a low global disease incidence. In regions outside Africa included in this study, overall median proportions of zoonotic TB of ≤1.4% in connection with overall TB incidence rates ≤71/100,000 population/year suggested low incidence rates. For countries of Africa included in the study, we multiplied the observed median proportion of zoonotic TB cases of 2.8% with the continental average overall TB incidence rate of 264/100,000 population/year, which resulted in a crude estimate of 7 zoonotic TB cases/100,000 population/year. These generally low incidence rates notwithstanding, available data indicated substantial consequences of this disease for some population groups and settings.

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