CDC Study: Deer With Tuberculosis Can Transmit Bacteria To People

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning hunters that deer with tuberculosis can transmit the bacteria to humans.
The warning was issued just days before hunting seasons begin across the country. Deer hunting in Pennsylvania has started in some areas, and continues through October and November.
The report is from a 2017 case in Michigan where a 77-year-old man, who had no exposure to people or countries with endemic tuberculosis, was diagnosed with the