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Microbiology: Current Research
Volume 2
International Conference on
Emerging Diseases, Outbreaks & Case Studies
&
16
th
Annual Meeting on
March 28-29, 2018 | Orlando, USA
Influenza
M
olecular typing of 964 specimens from patients in
Ethiopia with lymph node or pulmonary tuberculosis
showed a similar distribution of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
strains between the two disease manifestations and a
minimal role for
M. bovis
. We report a novel phylogenetic
lineage of
M. tuberculosis
strongly associated with the Horn
of Africa. Ethiopia is among the countries with the highest
incidence of tuberculosis (TB) and has a yearly incidence of
261 cases/100,000 population. TB lymphadenitis in cervical
lymph nodes (TBLN) accounts for ≈33% of all new cases in this
country, which is greater than the global average of ≈15%.
Ethiopia has the largest livestock population in Africa (≈51
million cattle), and recent studies have shown that bovine TB
is endemic in this country (estimated prevalence 1%–10%).
To explore the public health risk for bovine TB in Ethiopia, we
have used molecular typing to characterize mycobacterial
isolates from persons with TBLN and pulmonary TB who
were visiting hospitals throughout the country. Our aim was
to define the role of
Mycobacterium bovis
in human TB and
to define the overall structure of the
M. tuberculosis
complex
in Ethiopia.
e:
kmengie@yahoo.comMycobacterial lineages causing pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis, Ethiopia
Teklu Kiros Woldegebriel
Yang-Ming University, Taiwan