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Recovery of Mycobacterium bovis from Soft Fresh Cheese Originating in Mexico

National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa 50010,¹ California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, San Bernardino, California 92408,² Animal Health and Food Safety Services, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California 95814,³ California Office of Binational Border Health, California Department of Health Services, San Diego, California 92110,⁴ Office of Regulatory Affairs, United States Food and Drug Administration, San Diego, California 92154,⁵ Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093,⁶ Community Epidemiology Branch, Public Health Services, County of San Diego HHSA, San Diego, California 92101⁷

Received 17 August 2006/ Accepted 30 October 2006

Recent outbreaks of human tuberculosis in the United States caused by Mycobacterium bovis have implicated cheese originating in Mexico as a source of these infections. A total of 203 samples of cheese originating in Mexico were cultured, and M. bovis was recovered from one specimen. Therefore, M. bovis can be recovered from cheese and may be a source of human infections.

Published ahead of print on 1 December 2006.