Identification and characterization of "Plasmodium falciparum" and "Mycobacterium ulcerans" antigens as potential vaccine components and targets for serological test and molecular typing methods [PDF]
, 2006 The increase of Plasmodium falciparum’s drug resistance and the resurgence of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease through environmental changes aggravate health problems caused by these pathogens. Buruli ulcer, caused by M.
Díaz-Arévalo, Diana
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Prospects for the development of a subunit vaccine against Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) [PDF]
, 2014 Buruli ulcer (BU) is a slow progressing disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. It presents in different clinical forms ranging from small non-ulcerative nodules to large ulcers and sometimes multiple ulcerations ...
Bolz, Miriam
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A case of guilt by association: Water bug bite incriminated in M. ulcerans infection
International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2014 Buruli ulcer is a cutaneous mycobacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, whose incidence is increasing steadily, especially in West Africa. This study reports a first documented case of M.
Estelle Marion +5 more
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Pseudogenomic insights into the evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans. [PDF]
BMC GenomicsAbstract Background Buruli ulcer (BU) disease, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU), and characterized by necrotic ulcers is still a health problem in Africa and Australia. The genome of the bacterium has several pseudogenes due to recent evolutionary events and environmental pressures.
Kyei-Baffour ES +3 more
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Identification of the Mycobacterium ulcerans protein MUL_3720 as a promising target for the development of a diagnostic test for Buruli ulcer [PDF]
, 2015 Buruli ulcer (BU) caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans is a devastating skin disease, occurring mainly in remote West African communities with poor access to health care.
Miriam Bolz +54 more
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Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In February 2025, a mortality event of unknown aetiology occurred at a hybrid grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus × Epinephelus lanceolatus) aquaculture farm in southern Taiwan, with sporadic daily deaths persisting for a month. Four moribund groupers were collected over three sampling intervals for diagnostic investigation.
Shang‐Ting Wu +2 more
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Development of new molecular genetic tools to study "Mycobacterium ulcerans" infection (Buruli ulcer) [PDF]
, 2005 Buruli ulcer is an infectious disease caused by an environmental pathogen, Mycobacterium ulcerans, which is the third major mycobacterial pathogen of man, after M. tuberculosis and M. leprae.
Rondini, Simona
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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
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Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana. [PDF]
, 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 +47 more
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Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Africa
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 Mycobacterium ulcerans causes Buruli ulcer, an ulcerative skin disease in tropical and subtropical areas. Despite restricted genetic diversity, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit–variable-number tandem repeat analysis on M.
Pieter Stragier +8 more
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