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Biological, Environmental, and Social Determinants of Buruli Ulcer in Africa: Their Interplay Across Disease Severity and Patient Outcome [PDF]

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2026.
Buruli ulcer is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and its toxin, mycolactone. Disease outcomes are influenced by biological, environmental, and social determinants. Biological factors include immune response and lesion severity. Environmental factors include aquatic exposure, rainfall, flooding, and ecological changes.
Gudisa Bereda
wiley   +2 more sources

Modeling, optimal control of intervention strategies and cost effectiveness analysis for buruli ulcer model

AEJ - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2021
A mathematical model for the transmission of buruli ulcer disease is proposed in this paper, incorporating three control strategies. Using the stability theory of differential equations, optimal control, and computer simulation, a nonlinear mathematical ...
Abdulfatai Atte Momoh, Harrisu Muhammed Abdullahi, Nurudeen G.A. Abimbola, Ali I. Michael   +3 more
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Case Report of Rhodococcus erythropolis Contamination in Buruli Ulcer Lesions: Effects on Mycobacterium ulcerans Diagnosis [PDF]

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Introduction We describe cases of contamination of Mycobacterium ulcerans infections (Buruli ulcer) with Rhodococcus erythropolis, a bacterium of environmental origin that is rarely associated with human infection. Case Presentation The infectious pathogen of Buruli ulcer, Mycobacterium ulcerans, was detected and cultured in vitro from two lesion swabs
Francis Zeukeng, Jennifer Seyram Amedior, Evelyne Fegue Ndzodo, Solange E. Kakou-Ngazoa, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, David N’golo Coulibaly, Wilfred Fon Mbacham, Jude Daiga Bigoga, Anthony Ablordey, Priya Gusain   +9 more
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Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
During August 2010–December 2012, we conducted a study of patients in Ghana who had Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, and found that 23% were co-infected with Mansonella perstans nematodes; 13% of controls also had M. perstans infection. M.
Richard O. Phillips, Michael Frimpong, Fred S. Sarfo, Birte Kretschmer, Marcus Beissner, Alexander Debrah, Yaw Ampem-Amoako, Kabiru M. Abass, William Thompson, Mabel Sarpong Duah, Justice Abotsi, Ohene Adjei, Bernhard Fleischer, Gisela Bretzel, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Marc Jacobsen   +15 more
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Buruli Ulcer [PDF]

, 2019
A major objective of this open access book is to summarize the current status of Buruli Ulcer (BU) research for the first time. It will identify gaps in our knowledge, stimulate research and support control of the disease by providing insight into approaches for surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of Buruli Ulcer.
M. Beissner, G. Bretzel
core   +7 more sources

Knowledge, attitude and practices of buruli ulcer among residents in Jasikan municipality of Ghana: an ethnographic study [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Buruli ulcer is part of the neglected tropical diseases in the world. The disease often starts with a pre-ulcerative nodule, a plaque or oedema which breaks down to form characteristic ulcers with undermined edges. The mode of transmission and
Atubiga Alobit Baba, Stanley Cowther, Michael Adjabeng, John Owusu Gyapong   +3 more
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Management of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) in Australia: consensus statement [PDF]

Medical Journal of Australia, Volume 222, Issue 11, Page 571-578, June 2025.
Abstract Introduction Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is increasing in incidence and spreading to new areas in southeast Australia. With increasing experience and emerging evidence, this consensus statement considers contemporary data to provide up‐to‐date recommendations to clinicians who may encounter this disease.
Stephen Muhi, Victoria RV Cox, Matthew O'Brien, Jonathan T Priestley, Jodie Hill, Adrian Murrie, Anthony McDonald, Peter Callan, Grant A Jenkin, N Deborah Friedman, Kasha P Singh, Callum Maggs, Peter Kelley, Eugene Athan, Paul DR Johnson, Daniel P O'Brien   +15 more
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Defining new Buruli ulcer endemic areas in urban southeastern Australia using bacterial genomics-informed possum excreta surveys [PDF]

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia is a zoonosis caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. Australian native possums are a major wildlife reservoir, and infected possums shed M.
Andrew H. Buultjens, Koen Vandelannoote, Jessica L. Porter, Stephen Muhi, Emma C. Hobbs, Catarina Agostinho Antão, EE Laine Tay, Jake Lacey, Norelle Sherry, Maria Globan, Caroline J. Lavender, Anna Meredith, Paul D. R. Johnson, Katherine B. Gibney, Timothy P. Stinear   +14 more
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Analysis of Agro‐Environmental and Geo‐Climatic Factors Influencing Buruli Ulcer in the Kimpese Health Zone in Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]

Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2025.
This study investigates the link between Buruli ulcer (BU) and agro‐environmental and geo‐climatic factors in rural settings. By analyzing land use, water proximity, and rainfall patterns, it highlights key exposure risks and reinforces the need for targeted environmental surveillance and preventive measures in endemic areas to reduce BU transmission ...
Jojo Mazama Sukami, Innocent Mufungizi, Julien Bompeta Lombo, Aymar Akilimali, Holenu Mangenda Holy   +4 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Buruli Ulcer Recurrence, Benin

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
Buruli ulcer is a recognized public health problem in West Africa. In Benin, from 1989 to 2001, the Centre Sanitaire et Nutritionnel Gbemoten (CSNG) treated >2,500 Buruli ulcer patients. From March 2000 to February 2001, field trips were conducted in the
Martine Debacker, Julia Aguiar, Christian Steunou, Claude Zinsou, Wayne M. Meyers, Françoise Portaels   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources