TY - JOUR AU - Zachariah, Arun AU - Pandiyan, Jeganathan AU - Madhavilatha, G.K. AU - Mundayoor, Sathish AU - Chandramohan, Bathrachalam AU - Sajesh, P.K. AU - Santhosh, Sam AU - Mikota, Susan T1 - Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 3 SP - 504 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We tested wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in southern India and confirmed infection in 3 animals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an obligate human pathogen, by PCR and genetic sequencing. Our results indicate that tuberculosis may be spilling over from humans (reverse zoonosis) and emerging in wild elephants. KW - tuberculosis KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis KW - elephant KW - Elephas maximus KW - India KW - zoonoses KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - PCR KW - genetic sequencing KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2303.161741 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/3/16-1741_article ER - End of Reference