Evidence and potential risk factors of tuberculosis among captive Asian elephants and wildlife staff in Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Yakubu, Yusuf, Ong, Bee Lee, Zakaria, Zunita, Hassan, Latiffah, Mutalib, Abdul Rahim, Ngeow, Yun Fong, Verasahib, Khebir, Abdul Razak, Mohd Firdaus Ariff
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43437/1/Evidence%20and%20potential%20risk%20factors%20of%20tuberculosis%20among%20captive%20Asian%20elephants%20and%20wildlife%20staff%20in%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43437/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167587716300083
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Elephant tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an important re-emerging zoonosis with considerable conservation and public health risk. We conducted prospective cohort and cross-sectional studies in elephants and wildlife staff respectively in order to identify potential risk fac...