Zoonotic tuberculosis in humans is caused by infection with bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex acquired from animals, most commonly cattle. India has the highest burden of human tuberculosis in the world and any zoonotic risk posed by tuberculosis in bovines needs to be managed at...
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Willgert, K.; Silva, S. da; Li RuoRan; Premanshu Dandapat; Maroudam Veerasami; Hindol Maity; Papanna, M.; Srinivasan, S.; Wood, J. L. N.; Kapur, V.; Conlan, A. J. K.
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Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
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PLoS ONE, 2023, 18, 3,
Tuberculosis is a chronic and contagious infectious disease caused by multi-host species of the genus Mycobacterium grouped within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. These pathogenic bacteria mainly affect mammals, including humans. The most recognized species is Mycobacterium bovis, the...
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Ponce, L. C.; Gallardo, M. J.; Marfil, M. J.; Petta, A.; Vivot, M. M.; Barandiaran, S.
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Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 2023, 70, 1, pp 120-123
Antibacterial peptides are an important part of the innate immune system, and LL-37 is the only antimicrobial peptide known to be expressed in humans. LL-37 has anti-tuberculosis activity and immunomodulatory functions, and it has been found to be a diagnostic marker for tuberculosis. This research ...
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Zhang ZhiFang; Xu YongMei; Wan JiaXu; Gao Yan; Chen Xiang; Xu ZhengZhong; Jiao XinAn
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Chinese Journal of Zoonoses, Fuzhou, China
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Chinese Journal of Zoonoses, 2023, 39, 1, pp 78-83
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) can replicate in the macrophage by interfering with many host protein functions. While it is far from known these host proteins for controlling M. tuberculosis infection. Herein, we infected macrophages including THP-1 and Raw264.7 cells with M. ...
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Reheman Aikebaier; Cao XiaoJian; Wang YiFan; Nie Xi; Cao Gang; Zhou Wei; Yang Bing; Lei YingYing; Zhang WeiPan; Muhammad Ahsan Naeem; Chen Xi
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BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
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Animal Diseases, 2023, 3, 5, pp (02 March 2023)
A questionnaire survey was conducted on the knowledge, attitude and practices of butchers on tuberculosis in small ruminants in selected areas of Katsina State, Nigeria. All respondents had some level of formal education. Animals slaughtered included cattle (18.0%), sheep (34.0%), goats (53.0%) and ...
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Dahiru, M. H.; Saidu, S. N. A.; Tekdek, L. B.; Buhari, H. U.; Kaltungo, B. Y.; Babashani, M.; Baba, A. Y.
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Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences, Sokoto, Nigeria
Citation
Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2023, 21, 1, pp 21-31
Tuberculosis in animals is an infectious and contagious disease, caused by acid-fast bacilli of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. The disease has been confirmed in Poland in farm and wild animals. Among the latter the largest number of cases was diagnosed in free-ranging European bison in the ...
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Welz, M.; Łoś, P.; Kondrat, R.; Orłowska, B.; Didkowska, A.; Anusz, K.
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Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Weterynaryjnych, Lublin, Poland
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Medycyna Weterynaryjna, 2023, 79, 4, pp 168-171
We aimed to assess the proportion of tuberculosis in humans and tuberculosis (TB)-associated abattoir condemnations from the animal sector, as well as determine risk factors of zoonotic tuberculosis at the animal-human interface in Zambia. The study involved 255 presumptive TB patients and 156...
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Monde, N.; Munyeme, M.; Siziya, S.; Zulu, M.; Chongwe, G.; Kabelenga, E.; Daka, V.; Siame, K. K.; Tembo, R.; Malama, S.
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Japanese Society of Veterinary Science, Tokyo, Japan
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Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 2023, 85, 10, pp 1136-1141
Tuberculosis (TB) remains among the most serious infectious diseases worldwide. Existing TB diagnostic methods cannot effectively distinguish latent infection from active TB cases, thus delaying follow-up intervention and treatment. The content of biomarkers varies in different stages of latent ...
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Zhang HaoBo; Su HuaBin; Liu MengDa; Qi Fei; Zhang YanBo; Fan WeiXing; Sun ShuFang; Fan XiaoXu
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Chinese Journal of Zoonoses, Fuzhou, China
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Chinese Journal of Zoonoses, 2023, 39, 1, pp 73-77
Background: Tuberculosis affects millions of people worldwide. The emergence of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains has made treatment more difficult. A drug discovery project initiated to screen natural products identified a lead stilbene compound, and structure function analysis of...
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Antibiotics, 2023, 12, 9,
Introduction: Diabetes is a potent risk factor for the activation of latent tuberculosis and worsens the tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcome. The major reason for mortality and morbidity in diabetic patients is due to their increased susceptibility to TB. Thus, the study was conducted to understand ...
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Arpana Verma; Maninder Kaur; Princy Luthra; Lakshyaveer Singh; Divya Aggarwal; Indu Verma; Radotra, B. D.; Bhadada, S. K.; Sadhna Sharma
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Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023, 13, January,