Table 1.

Eligibility criteria used to select research articles on zoonotic/bovine TB in the target countries of WHO’s Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions.

Category	Inclusion	Exclusion
Population	Studies reporting the TB infection or disease in vertebrates (domestic or wildlife) and/or zoonotic TB in people in the countries in WHO’s SEAR and WPR.	Studies reporting only human tuberculosis (non-zoonotic tuberculosis) in people, infection/disease due to other pathogens or the studies conducted in countries outside the WHO’s SEAR and WPR.
Exposure	Intra dermal skin testing/serological tests/microbiological/molecular confirmation in animals; microbiological/molecular confirmation of zoonotic TB pathogens in people	Other diagnostic tests
Comparator	None
Outcomes	TB infection or disease in vertebrates; zoonotic tuberculosis in people	Non TB infection or disease in vertebrates; non zoonotic tuberculosis or any other disease in people
Study type	Cross-sectional/case reports/outbreak/systematic review	Experimental or laboratory studies, studies on M bovis BCG, diagnostic or vaccination development, disease modeling, control programs, market chain analysis and risk assessment of bovine TB.