TY - JOUR AU - Paudel, Sarad AU - Nakajima, Chie AU - Mikota, Susan AU - Gairhe, Kamal AU - Maharjan, Bhagwan AU - Subedi, Suraj AU - Poudel, Ajay AU - Sashika, Mariko AU - Shimozuru, Michito AU - Suzuki, Yasuhiko AU - Tsubota, Toshio T1 - Mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage Infection in 2 Elephants, Nepal T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 5 SP - 1031 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Tuberculosis in elephants is primarily caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We identified mixed M. tuberculosis lineage infection in 2 captive elephants in Nepal by using spoligotyping and large sequence polymorphism. One elephant was infected with Indo-Oceanic and East African–Indian (CAS-Delhi) lineages; the other was infected with Indo-Oceanic and East Asian (Beijing) lineages. KW - elephants KW - tuberculosis KW - lineage KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis KW - TB KW - Nepal KW - bacteria KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid2505.181898 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/5/18-1898_article ER - End of Reference