TY - JOUR AU - Angkawanish, Taweepoke AU - Wajjwalku, Worawidh AU - Sirimalaisuwan, Anucha AU - Kaewsakhorn, Thattawan AU - Boonsri, Kittikorn AU - Rutten, Victor P.M.G. T1 - Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of Domesticated Asian Elephants, Thailand T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 12 SP - 1949 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Four Asian elephants were confirmed to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis by bacterial culture, other diagnostic procedures, and sequencing of 16S–23S rDNA internal transcribed spacer region, 16S rRNA, and gyrase B gene sequences. Genotyping showed that the infectious agents originated from 4 sources in Thailand. To identify infections, a combination of diagnostic assays is essential. KW - Asian elephant KW - Thailand KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis KW - bacteria KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1612.100862 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/12/10-0862_article ER - End of Reference