TY - JOUR AU - LaFleur, Marni AU - Reuter, Kim AU - Hall, Michael AU - Rasoanaivo, Hoby AU - McKernan, Stuart AU - Ranaivomanana, Paulo AU - Michel, Anita AU - Rabodoarivelo, Marie Sylvianne AU - Iqbal, Zamin AU - Lapierre, Simon Grandjean AU - Rakotosamimanana, Niaina T1 - Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Pet Ring-Tailed Lemur, Madagascar T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 3 SP - 977 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We diagnosed tuberculosis in an illegally wild-captured pet ring-tailed lemur manifesting lethargy, anorexia, and cervical lymphadenopathy. Whole-genome sequencing confirmed the Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolate belonged to lineage 3 and harbored streptomycin resistance. We recommend reverse zoonosis prevention and determination of whether lemurs are able to maintain M. tuberculosis infection. KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - lemur KW - Madagascar KW - illegal KW - pet KW - wildlife KW - lineage 3 KW - lymph KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - anthropozoonotic KW - bacteria KW - TB KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid2703.202924 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/3/20-2924_article ER - End of Reference