Mycobacterium orygis-Associated Tuberculosis in Free-Ranging Rhinoceros, Nepal, 2015

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3):570-2. doi: 10.3201/eid2203.151929.
No abstract available

Keywords: Indian rhinoceros; Mycobacterium orygis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Nepal; Rhinoceros unicornis; bacteria; free-ranging rhinoceros; greater one-horned rhinoceros; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Animal Diseases / microbiology*
  • Animals
  • Minisatellite Repeats
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Mycobacterium / classification*
  • Mycobacterium / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / veterinary*
  • Nepal / epidemiology
  • Perissodactyla / microbiology*