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Mycobacterium bovis infection, United Kingdom
Robert M M Smith1, Francis Drobniewski, Andrea Gibson
1Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, National Public Health Service for Wales, Abton House, Wedal Road, Cardiff CF14 3QX, Wales, United Kingdom. robert.smith@nphs.wales.nhs.uk
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|April 28, 2004
Abstract:
We describe the first documented spillover of bovine tuberculosis from animals into the human population of the United Kingdom since the resurgence of the disease in cattle in the country. This finding suggests that there may be a small risk for transmission to humans, making continued vigilance particularly necessary.