Tuberculosis in Childhood: The Incidence of Bovine Infection in Victoria

Webster, Reginald

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1932.tb48500.x

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“…It should be remembered, however, that 25% of tuberculosis in children was due to M. bovis in the 1930s 2 , caused mainly by ingestion of infected cow's milk. Despite the advent of pasteurisation in Australia in the mid '50s and a successful tuberculosis eradication campaign in this country, an average of five cases per year of human infection caused by M. bovis are still recorded (from 1975-2004) 3 .…”

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Mycobacterium bovis: an extraordinary pathogen

Cousins¹

2004

Microbiol. Aust.

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Mycobacterium bovis, originally considered to be the precursor of human tuberculosis by ?crossing over? when man first began domesticating animals, is now considered at the opposite end of the evolutionary spectrum. M. bovis belongs in the M. tuberculosis complex, a group of organisms that has, until relatively recently, contained the established pathogens M. tuberculosis, M. africanum, M. bovis (and M. bovis BCG) and M. microti. M. tuberculosis and M. africanum primarily affect humans and M. microti is the main pathogen of voles. M. bovis is the causative organism of bovine tuberculosis, a well known zoonotic disease that can impact on human health, international trade and production. In fact, because of these factors, most developed countries have spent large sums of money attempting to eradicate or control bovine tuberculosis.

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