Human as a source of tuberculosis for cattle. First evidence of transmission in Poland

Transmission of tuberculosis among people living in the border areas of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia

“…It has been proved that the transmission of the source of infection may go in 2 directions: from humans to animals and, inversely, bovine tubercle bacilli may be transmitted from animals (mainly domestic and farm ones) to their keepers. 29,30 In order to investigate the phenomenon of transmission between patients, we applied the 2-stage molecular analysis of the strains. The results of the first stage of the study again proved that spoligotyping is insufficient for investigating the routes of transmission of mycobacteria; however, it should be underlined that the method has numerous advantages, such as it is performed quickly, has high repeatability of the results, and big capacity (45 strains may be analyzed during 1 test).…”

Zoonotic Aspects of Tuberculosis: Disease of the past or re-emerging zoonosis?

“…They subsequently concluded that M. tuberculosis was avirulent for cattle. This view has been confirmed by numerous authors who reported immune responses and isolation of the causative organism in the absence of tuberculous lesions (Koch 2013;Lesslie 1967;Krajewska et al 2012). Nevertheless, the isolation of a significant number of M. tuberculosis from cattle can be used as a sentinel for human infection and warrants investigation (Srivastava et al 2008;Food Safety Authority of Ireland 2008).…”

Animal Tuberculosis as a Potential Danger to Men

“…The problem of the disease caused by M. tuberculosis concerns also the wild animals which live in captivity [2,3]. The case of a 30-year-old woman suffering from tuberculosis who transmitted human tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the calf in her farm, was described in 2012 by the group of Polish researchers [4].…”