TY - JOUR AU - Oh, Peter AU - Granich, Reuben AU - Scott, Jim AU - Sun, Ben AU - Joseph, Michael AU - Stringfield, Cynthia AU - Thisdell, Susan AU - Staley, Jothan AU - Workman-Malcolm, Donna AU - Borenstein, Lee AU - Lehnkering, Eleanor AU - Ryan, Patrick AU - Soukup, Jeanne AU - Nitta, Annette AU - Flood, Jennifer T1 - Human Exposure following Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of Multiple Animal Species in a Metropolitan Zoo T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2002 VL - 8 IS - 11 SP - 1290 SN - 1080-6059 AB - From 1997 to 2000, Mycobacterium tuberculosis was diagnosed in two Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), three Rocky Mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus), and one black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in the Los Angeles Zoo. DNA fingerprint patterns suggested recent transmission. An investigation found no active cases of tuberculosis in humans; however, tuberculin skin-test conversions in humans were associated with training elephants and attending an elephant necropsy. KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis KW - outbreaks KW - animals KW - zoo KW - epizootic KW - zoonoses KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0811.020302 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/11/02-0302_article ER - End of Reference