title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India.
abstract: We tested 3 ild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in southern India and confirmed infection in 3 animals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an obligate human pathogen, by PCR and genetic sequencing. Our results indicate that tuberculosis may be spilling over from humans (reverse zoonosis) and emerging in wild elephants.
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zachariah
authors.forename: Jeganathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pandiyan
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Madhavilatha
authors.forename: Sathish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mundayoor
authors.forename: Bathrachalam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chandramohan
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sajesh
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santhosh
authors.forename: Susan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mikota
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D004606:Elephants; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Elephas maximus; India; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PCR; bacteria; elephant; genetic sequencing; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; zoonoses