TY - JOUR AU - Chandranaik, Basavegowdanadoddi Marinaik AU - Shivashankar, Beechagondahalli Papanna AU - Umashankar, Kunigal Srinivasa AU - Nandini, Poojappa AU - Giridhar, Papanna AU - Byregowda, Somenahalli Munivenkatappa AU - Shrinivasa, Basavegowdanadoddi Marinaik T1 - Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Free-Roaming Wild Asian Elephant T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 3 SP - 555 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Postmortem examination of a wild Asian elephant at Rajiv Gandhi National Park, India, revealed nodular lesions, granulomas with central caseation, and acid-fast bacilli in the lungs. PCR and nucleotide sequencing confirmed the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This study indicates that wild elephants can harbor M. tuberculosis that can become fatal. KW - Mycobacterium KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - bacteria KW - Asian elephant KW - Elephas maximus KW - zoonoses KW - India DO - 10.3201/eid2303.161439 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/3/16-1439_article ER - End of Reference