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Case Reports
. 2008 Apr;14(4):657-60.
doi: 10.3201/eid1404.070408.

Human Mycobacterium bovis infection and bovine tuberculosis outbreak, Michigan, 1994-2007

Melinda J Wilkins  1 , Joshua Meyerson, Paul C Bartlett, Susan L Spieldenner, Dale E Berry, Laura B Mosher, John B Kaneene, Barbara Robinson-Dunn, Mary Grace Stobierski, Matthew L Boulton
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Human Mycobacterium bovis infection and bovine tuberculosis outbreak, Michigan, 1994-2007

Melinda J Wilkins et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Apr.

Abstract

Mycobacterium bovis is endemic in Michigan's white-tailed deer and has been circulating since 1994. The strain circulating in deer has remained genotypically consistent and was recently detected in 2 humans. We summarize the investigation of these cases and confirm that recreational exposure to deer is a risk for infection in humans.

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Photo of the chest cavity of a deer shot by patient 2; the deer was retrieved after being buried for 9 weeks. The photo shows the classical nodular lesions of Mycobacterium bovis infection. Photo: J.S. Fierke, D.J. O’Brien, S.M. Schmitt, Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
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