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PRO/AH/EDR> Bovine tuberculosis – USA (06): (MI) transmission from deer to humans, 2017

Bovine TB -- United States1. Sunstrum J, Shoyinka A, Power LE, et al. Notes from the Field: Zoonotic _Mycobacterium bovis_ disease in deer hunters -- Michigan, 2002. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019; 68(37): 807-8. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6837a3_M. bovis_ and _M. tuberculosis_ are closely related genetically, and the standard nucleic acid amplification assay will only identify _M. bovis_ as a member of the "_M. tuberculosis_ complex," which includes _M. tuberculosis_, _M. bovis_, _M. africanum_, the Read more [...]