Shah Yogendra, Paudel Sarad, Pandey Kishor, Gupta Govind Prasad, Solo Eddie Samuneti, Joshi Jagadish, Pant Dhan Kumar, Pandey Basu Dev
COVID-19 PCR Laboratory, Seti Provincial Hospital, Dhangadhi, Kailali, Nepal.
Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Trop Med Health. 2022 Jan 11;50(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00400-z.
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in humans and animals. Numbers of multi drug resistance TB (MDR-TB), extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) and zoonotic TB cases are increasingly being reported every year in Nepal posing a major public health problem. Therefore, the Government of Nepal should act immediately to strengthen the screening facilities across the country to be able to identify and treat the TB infected patients as well as detect zoonotic TB in animal species. Endorsement of One Health Act by the Government of Nepal is an opportunity to initiate the joint programs for TB surveillance among human and animal species using one health approach to reduce the TB burden in Nepal.
结核病（TB）是由结核分枝杆菌复合群（MTBC）引起的一种人和动物的传染病。尼泊尔每年报告的耐多药结核病（MDR-TB）、肺外结核病（EPTB）和人畜共患结核病病例数量不断增加，构成了一个重大的公共卫生问题。因此，尼泊尔政府应立即采取行动，加强全国的筛查设施，以便能够识别和治疗结核病感染患者，并检测动物物种中的人畜共患结核病。尼泊尔政府批准《同一健康法案》是一个契机，可利用同一健康方法启动人类和动物物种间结核病监测联合项目，以减轻尼泊尔的结核病负担。
