Transmission dynamics and elimination potential of zoonotic tuberculosis in morocco.

ABSTRACT: Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is an endemic zoonosis in Morocco caused by Mycobacterium bovis, which infects many domestic animals and is transmitted to humans through consumption of raw milk or from contact with infected animals. The prevalence of BTB in Moroccan cattle is estimated at 18%, and 33% at the individual and the herd level respectively, but the human M. bovis burden needs further clarification. The current control strategy based on test and slaughter should be improved through local context adaptation taking into account a suitable compensation in order to reduce BTB prevalence in Morocco and decrease the disease burden in humans and animals. We established a simple compartmental deterministic mathematical model for BTB transmission in cattle and humans to provide a general unders

SUBMITTER: Abakar MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5289436 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature