Human Mycobacterium bovis infection and bovine tuberculosis outbreak, Michigan, 1994-2007

Melinda J Wilkins; Joshua Meyerson; Paul C Bartlett; Susan L Spieldenner; Dale E Berry; Laura B Mosher; John B Kaneene; Barbara Robinson-Dunn; Mary Grace Stobierski; Matthew L Boulton

doi:10.3201/eid1404.070408

Human Mycobacterium bovis infection and bovine tuberculosis outbreak, Michigan, 1994-2007

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Apr;14(4):657-60. doi: 10.3201/eid1404.070408.

Authors

Melinda J Wilkins¹, Joshua Meyerson, Paul C Bartlett, Susan L Spieldenner, Dale E Berry, Laura B Mosher, John B Kaneene, Barbara Robinson-Dunn, Mary Grace Stobierski, Matthew L Boulton

Affiliation

¹ Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, Michigan, USA. wilkinsm@michigan.gov

Abstract

Mycobacterium bovis is endemic in Michigan's white-tailed deer and has been circulating since 1994. The strain circulating in deer has remained genotypically consistent and was recently detected in 2 humans. We summarize the investigation of these cases and confirm that recreational exposure to deer is a risk for infection in humans.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Animals
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
Cattle
Deer / microbiology*
Disease Outbreaks
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Michigan / epidemiology
Mycobacterium bovis / genetics
Mycobacterium bovis / isolation & purification*
Tuberculosis / drug therapy
Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
Tuberculosis / microbiology*
Tuberculosis, Bovine / epidemiology*
Tuberculosis, Bovine / pathology

Substances

Antitubercular Agents