title: [Tuberculosis in alpacas; a zoonosis as an imported disease].
abstract: In the Netherlands, in 1988, a micro-epidemic of tuberculosis in alpacas recently imported from Peru prompted health authorities to initiate investigation of human and animal contacts. Although the animal trainer and his assistant suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis, they turned out to be infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, while the animals later proved to be infected by M. bovis. The alpacas' caretaker and a laboratory technician present at the autopsy, were probably infected by animal contact. Elsewhere in the country, three more alpacas were reported with tuberculosis at the time; this initiated a large-scale investigation among alpacas, llamas etc., but no further cases were detected. The possibility of imported zoonoses, especially after 1992, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Consultatiebureau voor Tuberculosebestrijding, Groningen.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Veen
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Kuyvenhoven
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Dinkla
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haagsma
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nieuwenhuijs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002161:Camelids, New World; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015047:Zoonoses
vernacular_title: Tuberculose bij alpaca's; een zoönose als importziekte.