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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 2270-2272, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2270-2272.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Infection of Red Deer, Cattle, and Humans with Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae in Western Austria
Wolfgang M. Prodinger,1* Angelika Eigentler,2 Franz Allerberger,1,2 Michael Schönbauer,3 and Walter Glawischnig3
Institut für Hygiene und Sozialmedizin, University of Innsbruck,1
Federal Public Health Laboratory,2
Federal Veterinary Laboratory Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria3
Received 6 September 2001/
Returned for modification 29 December 2001/
Accepted 15 February 2002
Twelve cases of Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae infection have occurred in four humans, three cattle, and five red deer in western Austria since 1994. DNA-fingerprinting of the isolates suggested transmission in and between these species over several years. Contact with cattle, but not with goats, was found to be associated with three of four human cases.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Hygiene und Sozialmedizin, University of Innsbruck, Fritz-Pregl-Str. 3, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Phone: 43 512 507 3401. Fax: 43 512 507 2870. E-mail: Wolfgang.prodinger{at}uibk.ac.at.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 2270-2272, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2270-2272.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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