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Volume 23, Number 3—March 2017
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis Disease in Humans in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2002–2014

Jennifer A. DavidsonComments to Author , Miranda G. Loutet, Catherine O’Connor, Cathriona Kearns, Robert M.M. Smith, Maeve K. Lalor, H. Lucy Thomas, Ibrahim Abubakar, and Dominik Zenner
Author affiliations: Public Health England, London, UK (J.A. Davidson, M.G. Loutet, C. O’Connor, M.K. Lalor, H.L. Thomas, I. Abubakar, D. Zenner); P; ublic Health Agency Northern Ireland, Belfast, Ireland, UK (C. Kearns); Public Health Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK (R.M.M. Smith); University College London, London (M.K. Lalor, H.L Thomas, I. Abubakar, D. Zenner)

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Table 3

Risk factor exposures reported by patients with Mycobacterium bovis disease, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2006–2014*

Exposure
No. characteristics/no. with information recorded (%)
All patients
UK-born patients
Non–UK-born patients
Consumption of unpasteurized milk products 109/166 (65.7) 74/112 (66.1) 25/37 (67.6)
In United Kingdom
66/88 (75.0)
60/64 (93.8)
1/15 (6.7)
Travel or residence in a high incidence country
77/203 (37.9)
29/126 (23.0)
44/56 (78.6)
Work related animal exposure 51/103 (49.5) 35/71 (49.3) 7/22 (31.8)
In United Kingdom
33/37 (89.2)
28/29 (96.6)
2/4 (50.0)
Contact with human patient with TB 33/181 (18.2) 21/120 (17.5) 10/42 (23.8)
In United Kingdom
36/38 (94.7)
19/19 (100)
6/8 (75.0)
Physical contact with wild animal 18/126 (14.3) 15/92 (16.3) 0/25 (0)
In United Kingdom
10/13 (76.9)
7/10 (70.0)
Not applicable
Physical contact with animal with TB 18/99 (18.2) 14/76 (18.4) 2/18 (11.1)
In United Kingdom
10/1 (90.9)
9/10 (90.0)
1/1 (100)
Pet with TB† 2 2 0
Farm animal with TB† 11 9 1
No exposure† 6 6 0

*TB, tuberculosis.
†Denominator not available.

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