title: Risk analysis and bovine tuberculosis, a re-emerging zoonosis.
abstract: The widespread of immunodeficiency with AIDS, the consequence of poverty on sanitary protection and information at both individual and state levels lead control of tuberculosis (TB) to be one of the priorities of World Health Organization programs. The impact of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) on humans is poorly documented. However, BTB remains a major problem for livestock in developing countries particularly in Africa and wildlife is responsible for the failure of TB eradication programs. In Africa, the consumption of raw milk and raw meat, and the development of bushmeat consumption as a cheap source of proteins, represent one of the principal routes for human contaminations with BTB. The exploration of these different pathways using tools as participatory epidemiology allows the risk analysis of the impact of BTB on human health in Africa. This analysis represents a management support and decision tool in the study and the control of zoonotic BTB.
authors.affiliation: CIRAD, EMVT Department, Epidemiology and Ecology Unit, 34098 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Etter
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Donado
authors.forename: Ferran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jori
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caron
authors.forename: Flavie
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Goutard
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roger
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D002417:Cattle; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D032581:Tuberculosis Vaccines; D014380:Tuberculosis, Bovine / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D032581:Tuberculosis Vaccines