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Risk Analysis and Bovine Tuberculosis, a Re‐emerging Zoonosis
Author(s) -
ETTER ERIC,
DONADO PILAR,
JORI FERRAN,
CARON ALEXANDRE,
GOUTARD FLAVIE,
ROGER FRANÇOIS
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1373.006
Subject(s) - zoonosis , tuberculosis , environmental health , poverty , bovine tuberculosis , livestock , consumption (sociology) , developing country , business , mycobacterium bovis , geography , environmental protection , medicine , economic growth , veterinary medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , economics , social science , pathology , sociology , forestry
The widespread of immunodeficiency with AIDS, the consequence of poverty on sanitary protection and information at both individual and state levels lead control of tuberculosis (TB) to be one of the priorities of World Health Organization programs. The impact of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) on humans is poorly documented. However, BTB remains a major problem for livestock in developing countries particularly in Africa and wildlife is responsible for the failure of TB eradication programs. In Africa, the consumption of raw milk and raw meat, and the development of bushmeat consumption as a cheap source of proteins, represent one of the principal routes for human contaminations with BTB. The exploration of these different pathways using tools as participatory epidemiology allows the risk analysis of the impact of BTB on human health in Africa. This analysis represents a management support and decision tool in the study and the control of zoonotic BTB.