title: Applying the One Health Concept to Mycobacterial Research - Overcoming Parochialism.
abstract: Mycobacterial infections remain a public health problem. Historically important, globally ubiquitous and with a wide host range, we are still struggling to control mycobacterial infections in humans and animals. While previous reviews have focused on individual mycobacterial infections in either humans or animals, a comprehensive review of the zoonotic aspect of mycobacteria in the context of the One Health initiative is lacking. With the purpose of providing a concise and comprehensive resource, we have collated literature to address the zoonotic potential of different mycobacterial species and elaborate on the necessity for an inter-sectorial approach to attain a new vision to combat mycobacterial infections.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Science, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.|Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boise, ID, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thirunavukkarasu
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Science, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Plain
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Science, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: de Silva
authors.affiliation: Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity and the Centre for Research Excellence in Emerging Infections, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Marais
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Science, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Whittington
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
keywords: Mycobacteria; One Health; interdisciplinary research; non-tuberculous; tuberculous; zoonoses