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Results of follow-up of human contacts of bovine tuberculosis in cattle during 1993–7 in North Staffordshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2001

G. E. SMITH ,
D. CAWTHORNE ,
R. JARVIS ,
M. B. SYNNOTT ,
R. COOPER ,
C. HAMPTON  and
M. ALLEN
G. E. SMITH
Affiliation:
North Staffordshire Health Authority, Heron House, Great Fenton Business Park, Grove Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
D. CAWTHORNE
Affiliation:
North Staffordshire Hospital (NHS Trust) Shelton Chest Clinic, Wellesley Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
R. JARVIS
Affiliation:
North Staffordshire Health Authority, Heron House, Great Fenton Business Park, Grove Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
M. B. SYNNOTT
Affiliation:
North Staffordshire Health Authority, Heron House, Great Fenton Business Park, Grove Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
R. COOPER
Affiliation:
State Veterinary Service, Staffordshire Animal Health Office, Castle House, Newport Road, Stafford, UK
C. HAMPTON
Affiliation:
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, Moonlands House, Stockwell Street, Leek, Staffordshire, UK
M. ALLEN
Affiliation:
North Staffordshire Hospital (NHS Trust) Shelton Chest Clinic, Wellesley Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
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Abstract

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The purpose of the study was to describe the results of follow up of human contacts of bovine tuberculosis. The bovine tuberculosis cases occurred on farms in North Staffordshire between 1993 and 1997. A total of 162 people were identified as having close contact with cattle diagnosed as having bovine tuberculosis, or who had drunk unpasteurized milk from a herd with bovine tuberculosis. A retrospective review of chest clinic notes was performed. One hundred and thirty-eight people attended for follow up, and Heaf test results, necessity for chest X-ray and further clinical follow-up are described. No case of human Mycobacterium bovis infection was identified. It is suggested that follow-up of human contacts is limited to those with close contact with herds who have bovine tuberculosis and cattle with visible pulmonary lesions or evidence of udder infection. Children on the farms with affected cattle should also be offered BCG in advance of the routine school's programme.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 127 , Issue 1 , August 2001 , pp. 87 - 89
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press