Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in workers of bovine tuberculosis sanitation farms in Antioquia, Boyacá and Cundinamarca

To perform classic and molecular epidemiological surveillance of human tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in bovine supply chains at farms with PPD positive bovines in the departments of Antioquia, Boyacá and Cundinamarca during a one-year period. Livestock farms with PPD positive bovines or...

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Published in:Revista de salud pública (Bogotá, Colombia) Colombia), 2016-09, Vol.18 (5), p.727
Main Authors: Leal-Bohórquez, Andrés F, Castro-Osorio, Claudia M, Wintaco-Martínez, Luz M, Villalobos, Rafael, Puerto-Castro, Gloria M
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Agricultural Workers' Diseases - diagnosis
Agricultural Workers' Diseases - microbiology
Animal Husbandry
Animals
Cats
Cattle
Colombia
Disease Vectors
Dogs
Educational Status
Farms
Humans
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sanitation
Sputum - microbiology
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - microbiology
Tuberculosis, Bovine
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Summary:To perform classic and molecular epidemiological surveillance of human tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in bovine supply chains at farms with PPD positive bovines in the departments of Antioquia, Boyacá and Cundinamarca during a one-year period. Livestock farms with PPD positive bovines or buffalos were visited in the study departments according to information obtained in the "Programa Nacional de Tuberculosis bovina" (National program on bovine Tuberculosis) released by ICA (Colombian Agriculture and Livestock Institute). Data on socio-demographic information and tuberculosis risk factors associated to the occupation were collected through a survey applied to all workers at the visited farms. Sputum samples were obtained after informed consent. The sputa underwent microbiological and molecular testing to identify members of the M. tuberculosis complex. Thirty-three livestock farms were visited and information of 164 workers from the bovine supply chain was collected. Staying in a PPD positive farm for more than a year, ignorance about the disease and the presence of possible vectors, like dogs and cats, were identified as possible risk factors for developing tuberculosis. No cases of tuberculosis caused by M. bovis or M. tuberculosis in workers of the visited farms were found. No cases of the disease caused by this zoonotic agent were documented in the departments of Antioquia, Boyacá and Cundinamarca.
ISSN:0124-0064
DOI:10.15446/rsap.v18n5.51187