TY - JOUR AU - Müller, Borna AU - Dürr, Salome AU - Alonso, Silvia AU - Hattendorf, Jan AU - Laisse, Cláudio J.M. AU - Parsons, Sven D.C. AU - van Helden, Paul AU - Zinsstag, Jakob T1 - Zoonotic Mycobacterium bovis–induced Tuberculosis in Humans T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 6 SP - 899 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We aimed to estimate the global occurrence of zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis or M. caprae infections in humans by performing a multilingual, systematic review and analysis of relevant scientific literature of the last 2 decades. Although information from many parts of the world was not available, data from 61 countries suggested a low global disease incidence. In regions outside Africa included in this study, overall median proportions of zoonotic TB of ≤1.4% in connection with overall TB incidence rates ≤71/100,000 population/year suggested low incidence rates. For countries of Africa included in the study, we multiplied the observed median proportion of zoonotic TB cases of 2.8% with the continental average overall TB incidence rate of 264/100,000 population/year, which resulted in a crude estimate of 7 zoonotic TB cases/100,000 population/year. These generally low incidence rates notwithstanding, available data indicated substantial consequences of this disease for some population groups and settings. KW - tuberculosis KW - Mycobacterium bovis KW - zoonosis KW - bacteria KW - neglected tropical diseases KW - bovine tuberculosis KW - systematic review KW - tuberculosis and other mycobateria KW - TB KW - zoonotic TB DO - 10.3201/eid1906.120543 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/6/12-0543_article ER - End of Reference