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Mycobacterium ulcerans persistence at a village water source of Buruli ulcer patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Buruli ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy.
Nadia Schürch (383786)   +69 more
core   +2 more sources

Correlation between Buruli Ulcer Incidence and Vectorborne Diseases, Southeastern Australia, 2000–2020

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
Researchers have hypothesized that mosquitoes are vectors involved in Mycobacterium ulcerans transmission. Previous findings of a correlation between incidence of M.
Jake Andrew Linke   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interferon-γ is a crucial activator of early host immune defense against Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in mice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a chronic necrotizing human skin disease associated with the production of the cytotoxic macrolide exotoxin mycolactone.
Miriam Bolz   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

Detection of viable Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical samples by a novel combined 16S rRNA reverse transcriptase/IS2404 real-time qPCR assay. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Detection of Viable Mycobacterium ulcerans in Clinical Samples by a Novel Combined 16S rRNA Reverse Transcriptase/IS2404 Real-Time qPCR ...
Awua-Boateng, NY   +51 more
core   +2 more sources

A major role for mammals in the ecology of Mycobacterium ulcerans. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer (BU), a destructive skin disease found predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa and south-eastern Australia.
Janet A M Fyfe   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal co-existence of two Mycobacterium ulcerans clonal complexes in the Offin River Valley of Ghana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In recent years, comparative genome sequence analysis of African Mycobacterium ulcerans strains isolated from Buruli ulcer (BU) lesion specimen has revealed a very limited genetic diversity of closely related isolates and a striking association between ...
Kerber, Sarah   +35 more
core   +1 more source

Late onset of the serological response against the 18 kDa small heat shock protein of Mycobacterium ulcerans in children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A previous survey for clinical cases of Buruli ulcer (BU) in the Mapé Basin of Cameroon suggested that, compared to older age groups, very young children may be less exposed to Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Miriam Bolz   +74 more
core   +2 more sources

Structure-activity relationship studies on the macrolide exotoxin mycolactone of Mycobacterium ulcerans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BACKGROUND: Mycolactones are a family of polyketide-derived macrolide exotoxins produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of the chronic necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer.
Gerd Pluschke   +34 more
core   +2 more sources

Locally confined clonal complexes of Mycobacterium ulcerans in two Buruli ulcer endemic regions of Cameroon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of the necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU), which has been reported from over 30 countries worldwide.
Miriam Bolz   +64 more
core   +2 more sources

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