The Current Status of Bovine Tuberculosis in Africa

Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterium bovis in Slaughtered Cattle Carcasses in Burkina Faso; West Africa

“…Other members of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), such as M. tuberculosis , have also been isolated from naturally infected cattle [ 1 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 7 ]. Regardless of the applied control strategies, bTB is still prevalent in many developing countries, such as Burkina Faso and Ethiopia [ 8 , 9 , 10 ]. Yet knowledge is still scarce so far on its molecular epidemiology in Sub-Saharan African endemic areas, calling for implementation of surveillance approaches in order to better understand its local dynamics.…”

“…Apart from the global point of view, bTB is also endemic in many parts of Africa [ 10 ]. It has been diagnosed in cattle and other animals with varying prevalence rates [ 10 ].…”

“…Apart from the global point of view, bTB is also endemic in many parts of Africa [ 10 ]. It has been diagnosed in cattle and other animals with varying prevalence rates [ 10 ]. The vast majority of the African human and cattle populations live in areas where bTB is widely uncontrolled and its distribution is not monitored by surveillance approaches [ 4 , 5 , 16 ].…”

“…In resource-limited Burkina Faso, in particular, bTB is considered as one of the important animal diseases [ 10 ]. Since about 80 years ago, a small number of studies have investigated bTB, mostly in Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou, as recently reviewed by Dibaba et al [ 10 ].…”

“…In resource-limited Burkina Faso, in particular, bTB is considered as one of the important animal diseases [ 10 ]. Since about 80 years ago, a small number of studies have investigated bTB, mostly in Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou, as recently reviewed by Dibaba et al [ 10 ]. These studies reported a prevalence of 0.13–27.7% of bTB in cattle applying tuberculin skin testing (TST) or routine postmortem inspections in slaughterhouses [ 10 ].…”