Mycobacterium bovis infection in children in the same family: transmission through inhalation.
Two children in the same family were infected with Mycobacterium bovis ("M. bovis"). The molecular typing showed an identical source of infection. Although on school of thought was that the route of transmission was by ingestion of contaminated dairy milk, in other it was thought to be by air-borne transmission. The presentation highlighted the possibility of M. bovis infection in the pediatrics populations through aerosols.
Velayati
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Dept. of Pediatric, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis & Lung Diseases, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Darabad, Tehran 19556, P.O. 19575/154, Iran.
Farnia
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Boloorsaze
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Sheikholslami
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Khalilzadeh
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Hakeeme
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Masjedi
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MR
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission*