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Probable vector or means of spread Ingestion and contact Ingestion, inhalation and occupational exposure Unknown

Geographical distribution Worldwide Worldwide Europe , North and South America

Principal animals affected Cattle, fowl Cattle Monkeys Fowl Cattle, sheep

Causative organism Streptococcus

spp.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis var.

bovis

var

. hominis
var
. avium
Vibrio fetus

Table 2.24 Epidemiological aspects of some of the zoonoses (continued) Disease Streptococcus Tuberculosis Vibriosis From Steele (1996); reproduced by permission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations