ArticleEpidemiology and infection2015
Tuberculosis in Laos, who is at risk: the mahouts or their elephants?
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- Emerging zoonotic diseases in Southeast Asia in the period 2011-2022: a systematic literature review.The veterinary quarterly · 2024Pooled it
- Understanding Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in elephants through a One Health approach: a systematic review.BMC veterinary research · 2022Pooled it
- Occupational exposure to human Mycobacterium bovis infection: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Pooled it
- Seroprevalence of tuberculosis and hematological variations in captive and orphaned wild elephants (Elephas maximus maximus) in Sri Lanka.Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
- Metabolic profiles of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Lao PDR and Thailand.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Zootherapeutic uses of animals excreta: the case of elephant dung and urine use in Sayaboury province, Laos.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2021Article
- Tuberculosis seroprevalence and comparison of hematology and biochemistry parameters between seropositive and seronegative captive Asian elephants of Nepal.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2021Article
- Occupational exposure and challenges in tackling M. bovis at human-animal interface: a narrative review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Review
- Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus Is Omnipresent in Elephants in European Zoos and an Asian Elephant Range Country.Viruses · 2021Article
- Social representations of animal diseases: anthropological approaches to pathogens crossing species barriers.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Demographic Risk Factors ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Serum Health Biomarkers in African and Asian Elephants: Value Ranges and Clinical Values Indicative of the Immune Response.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Fatal Tuberculosis in a Free-Ranging African Elephant and One Health Implications of Human Pathogens in Wildlife.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2019Article
- Bronchoalveolar lavage for diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in elephants.Epidemiology and infection · 2018Article
- Wild-captive interactions and economics drive dynamics of Asian elephants in Laos.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
SUMMARY Tuberculosis (TB) in elephants has the potential to infect humans and is an increasing public health concern. Lao PDR is one of the last countries where elephants are still used for timber extraction and where they live in close contact with their mahouts. There are 500 animals at work in the country, some interacting with wild herds. Although human TB prevalence is known to be high in Laos, studies on elephant TB had yet to be undertaken. From January to July 2012, screening was performed using the ElephantTB Stat-Pak assay on 80 elephants working around the Nam Pouy National Park in Sayaboury Province. This represents more than 18% of the total registered national working elephant population. Here we report that 36% of the elephants were seroreactive to the test. Of these, 31% had contacts with wild individuals, which suggests potential transmission of mycobacteria to the local wild herds. Clinical examination, chest X-rays, sputum microscopy and culture were performed on their 142 mahouts or owners. Despite high TB seroreactivity in elephants, no participant was smear- or culture-positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis or M. bovis, although atypical mycobacteria were isolated from 4% of participants.
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