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Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Wild Asian Elephants, Southern India by Zachariah, Arun, Pandiyan, Jeganathan, Madhavilatha, G K, Mundayoor, Sathish, Chandramohan, Bathrachalam, Sajesh, P K, Santhosh, Sam, Mikota, Susan K

“…We tested 3 ild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in southern India and confirmed infection in 3 animals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an obligate human…”
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Tuberculosis seroprevalence and comparison of hematology and biochemistry parameters between seropositive and seronegative captive Asian elephants of Nepal by THAPA, Jeewan, MIKOTA, Susan K., GAIRHE, Kamal Prasad, PAUDEL, Sarad, SINGH, Dinesh Kumar, DHAKAL, Ishwari Prasad, NAKAJIMA, Chie, SUZUKI, Yasuhiko

“…We conducted a tuberculosis (TB) serosurveillance program of captive elephants in Nepal and compared hematology and biochemistry parameters between…”
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Tuberculosis at the human–animal interface: An emerging disease of elephants by Mikota, Susan K, Maslow, Joel N

“…Summary Over the past 15 years, cases of infection with organisms of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex have been diagnosed among captive elephants in the…”
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Mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage Infection in 2 Elephants, Nepal by Paudel, Sarad, Nakajima, Chie, Mikota, Susan K, Gairhe, Kamal P, Maharjan, Bhagwan, Subedi, Suraj, Poudel, Ajay, Sashika, Mariko, Shimozuru, Michito, Suzuki, Yasuhiko, Tsubota, Toshio

“…Tuberculosis in elephants is primarily caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We identified mixed M. tuberculosis lineage infection in 2 captive elephants in…”
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Severe fever and thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection: Considerations for vaccine evaluation of a rare disease by Maslow, Joel N., Kwon, Jackie J., Mikota, Susan K., Spruill, Susan, Cho, Youngran, Jeong, Moonsup

“…Infection caused by the severe fever and thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) causes a hemorrhagic illness with a mortality between 20% and 40%. Initially…”
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Serodiagnosis of elephant tuberculosis: a useful tool for early identification of infected elephants at the captive-wild interface by Paudel, Sarad, Mikota, Susan K., Thapa, Jeewan, Lyashchenko, Konstantin P., Gairhe, Kamal P., Dhakal, Ishwari Prasad, Subedi, Naresh, Maharjan, Bhagwan, Subedi, Suraj, Kaufman, Gretchen E., Tsubota, Toshio

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is an emerging disease in elephants primarily caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( M. tb ) and in some occassion by M. bovis . We performed…”
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Development and evaluation of an interferon-γ release assay in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) by PAUDEL, Sarad, VILLANUEVA, Marvin A., MIKOTA, Susan K., NAKAJIMA, Chie, GAIRHE, Kamal P., SUBEDI, Suraj, RAYAMAJHI, Nabin, SASHIKA, Mariko, SHIMOZURU, Michito, MATSUBA, Takashi, SUZUKI, Yasuhiko, TSUBOTA, Toshio

“…We developed an interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) specific for Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Whole blood collected from forty captive Asian elephants was…”
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Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from elephants of Nepal by Paudel, Sarad, Mikota, Susan K, Nakajima, Chie, Gairhe, Kamal P, Maharjan, Bhagwan, Thapa, Jeewan, Poudel, Ajay, Shimozuru, Michito, Suzuki, Yasuhiko, Tsubota, Toshio

“…Summary Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from the lung tissues of 3 captive elephants in Nepal that died with extensive lung lesions. Spoligotyping,…”
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Comparison of cortisol and thyroid hormones between tuberculosis-suspect and healthy elephants of Nepal by PAUDEL, Sarad, BROWN, Janine L., THAPALIYA, Sharada, DHAKAL, Ishwari P., MIKOTA, Susan K., GAIRHE, Kamal P., SHIMOZURU, Michito, TSUBOTA, Toshio

“…We compared cortisol and thyroid hormone (T3 and T4) concentrations between tuberculosis (TB)-suspected (n=10) and healthy (n=10) elephants of Nepal. Whole…”
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Tuberculosis threat in Asian elephants by Paudel, Sarad, Mikota, Susan K, Tsubota, Toshio

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Human TB threat to wild elephants by Paudel, Sarad, Tsubota, Toshio, Mikota, Susan K.

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Tuberculosis surveillance of elephants (Elephas maximus) in Nepal at the captive-wild interface by Mikota, Susan K, Gairhe, Kamal, Giri, Kamal, Hamilton, Karin, Miller, Michele, Paudel, Sarad, Lyashchenko, Konstantin, Larsen, R. Scott, Payeur, Janet B, Waters, W. Ray, Greenwald, Rena, Dumonceaux, Genevieve, Vincent, Barbara, Kaufman, Gretchen E

“…A comprehensive elephant tuberculosis (TB) survey using culture and four serological screening tests was conducted in Nepal in response to concern raised by…”
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Epidemiology and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis including a drug-resistant strain associated with mortality of Asian elephants in Nepal 2019–2022 by Pandit, Arjun, Thapa, Jeewan, Sadaula, Amir, Suzuki, Yasuhiko, Nakajima, Chie, Mikota, Susan K., Subedi, Naresh, Shrestha, Bijaya Kumar, Shimozuru, Michito, Shrestha, Bhawana, Raya, Bijendra, Chaudhary, Sanjay, Paudel, Sarad, Tsubota, Toshio

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is an emerging threat to the survival of elephants in Nepal. We investigated the lung tissue samples from nine elephants that died from 2019…”
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Development and validation of cytokine quantitative, real time RT-PCR assays for characterization of Asian elephant immune responses by Landolfi, Jennifer A., Schultz, Stacy A., Mikota, Susan K., Terio, Karen A.

“…Infectious disease is an important factor in Asian elephant health and long-term species survival. In studying disease pathogenesis, it is important to…”
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Comparison of Systemic Cytokine Levels in Mycobacterium spp. Seropositive and Seronegative Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) by Landolfi, Jennifer A, Mikota, Susan K, Chosy, Julia, Lyashchenko, Konstantin P, Giri, Kamal, Gairhe, Kamal, Terio, Karen A

“…Mycobacterium spp. infection is an important health concern for Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) populations worldwide. The disease is of particular concern…”
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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS IN CAPTIVE ASIAN ELEPHANTS (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS) by Mikota, Susan K, Peddie, Linda, Peddie, James, Isaza, Ramiro, Dunker, Freeland, West, Gary, Lindsay, William, Larsen, R. Scott, Salman, Chatterjee, Delphi, Payeur, Janet, Whipple, Diana, Thoen, Charles, Davis, Donald S, Sedgwick, Charles, Montali, Richard J, Ziccardi, Michael, Maslow, Joel

“…The deaths of two Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in August 1996 led the United States Department of Agriculture to require the testing and treatment of…”
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Support US OCTOPUS Act to keep octopuses wild by Jacquet, Jennifer, Franks, Becca, Godfrey-Smith, Peter, Sanchez-Suarez, Walter, Abrams, Peter, Ainley, David, Alava Saltos, Juan Jose, Andrews, Kristin, Bach, Maya F, Bergstrom, Carl T, Birch, Jonathan, Bradshaw, Karen, Bray, Daina, Broad, Kenneth, Brooks, Cassandra M, Brotz, Lucas, Brown, Culum, Browning, Heather, Burghardt, Gordon M, Butler, 4th, Mark, Callender, Craig, Chadwin, Robin, Cramer, Katie, Cronin, Melissa, Darimont, Chris, Delon, Nicolas, Derrick, Samantha, Dutkiewicz, Jan, Elmore, Bart, Eshel, Gidon, Feeley, Kenneth, Ferrero, Kristy, Froese, Rainer, Greenburg, Paul, Gruen, Lori, Hayek, Matthew, Haywood, Keene, Heath, Crystal, Hessler, Kathy, Horowitz, Alexandra, Jacewicz, Natalie L, Jackson, Jeremy, Jamieson, Dale, Johnson, Ayana, Khen, Adi, King, Barbara J, Knight, Andrew, Kovaka, Karen, Kysar, Douglas A, Lara, Elena, Lazarus, Oliver, Longo, Stefano B, Loy, Loredana, Malerbi, Giulia, Marceau, Justin F, Marino, Lori, Mather, Charles, Mather, Jennifer A, McCauley, Douglas, McClenachan, Loren, McDermid, Sonali, Mikota, Susan K, Mintzer, Vanessa J, Monk, Julia D, Montgomery, Sy, Morris, Viveca, Nakatani, Jamie, Palomares, Deng, Paris, Claire, Pauly, Daniel, Pedrazzani, Ana Siliva P, Reiss, Diana, Roberts, Spencer, Roddy, Adam, Rozwadowski, Helen M, Safina, Carl, Sala, Enric, Scales, Helen, Schlottmann, Chris P, Schneider, Mindi, Schnell, Alex K, Sebo, Jeff, Sellars, Laurie, Singer, Peter, Smuts, Barbara B, Sneddon, Lynne U, Sommers, Tamler, Staaf, Danna, Stilt, Kristen A, Suman, Daniel, Supran, Geoffrey, Tao, Annabelle, Thresher, Ann C, van Neste, Aaron, Verkuijl, Cleo, Webb, Christine, Willette, Michelle M, Woods, Mark, Wyman, Katrina M, York, Richard

“…Commercial octopus farming is incapable of meeting welfare requirements, unsustainable, and unnecessary for sustenance. Although no commercial octopus farms…”
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Tuberculosis seroprevalence and comparison of hematology and biochemistry parameters between seropositive and seronegative captive Asian elephants of Nepal by THAPA, Jeewan, MIKOTA, Susan K., GAIRHE, Kamal Prasad, PAUDEL, Sarad, SINGH, Dinesh Kumar, DHAKAL, Ishwari Prasad, NAKAJIMA, Chie, SUZUKI, Yasuhiko

“…We conducted a tuberculosis serosurveillance program of captive elephants in Nepal and compared hematology and biochemistry parameters between seropositive and…”
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EVALUATION OF A MULTIPLE-ANTIGEN ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS by Larsen, R. Scott, Salman, M. D, Mikota, Susan K, Isaza, Ramiro, Montali, Richard J, Triantis, Joni

“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis has become an important agent of disease in the captive elephant population of the United States, although current detection methods…”
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POPULATION PHARMACOKINETICS OF ANTITUBERCULOUS DRUGS AND TREATMENT OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS INFECTION IN BONGO ANTELOPE (TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS ISAACI) by Auclair, Barbara, Mikota, Susan K, Peloquin, Charles A, Aguilar, Roberto, Maslow, Joel N

“…After clinical illness, treatment, and death of a captive male bongo antelope (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) caused by tuberculosis involving Mycobacterium…”
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