Tuberculosis affects millions of people worldwide and the route through which it affects humans through bovine milk products, according to CNN.
Cows can be infected with TB and the disease can spread to other cattle. These infected cattle, if unchecked, can pass on the disease to humans in milk and the milk used to make cheese.
These TB cases are usually along the American border shared with Mexico and is specifically prevalent among the Hispanic community, according to the CDC.
Colleen Scott, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer for the CDC, presented her findings to the 46th World Conference on Lung Health, stating that 44 percent of the Hispanic community were infected with the disease.
"What we're seeing is they are getting it from ingestion of unpasteurized milk products," said Scott.
It can also be found in cheese product, like "queso fresco."
"Forty per cent of milk and dairy products in Mexico are consumed unpasteurized," said the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Alejandro Pereira-Ortiz in Mexico. "I see infected cattle herds and people eating fresh cheese and drinking fresh milk."
Many of the larger commercial cattle ranches follow government regulations to prevent dangerous disease like TB from spreading, but cattle from smaller dairy herds often do not get the same type of care and attention.
