A Major Role for Mammals in the Ecology of Mycobacterium ulcerans

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Authors

Janet Fyfe · Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory

Caroline J. Lavender · Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory

Kathrine A. Handasyde · University of Melbourne

Alistair R. Legione · University of Melbourne

C. O’Brien · University of Melbourne

Timothy P. Stinear · Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory

Sacha J. Pidot

Abstract

The prevailing wisdom is that M. ulcerans is an aquatic pathogen and that BU is acquired by contact with certain aquatic environments (swamps, slow-flowing water). Now, after 70 years of research, we propose a transmission model for BU in which terrestrial mammals are implicated as reservoirs for M. ulcerans.

Topics & Keywords

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Leptospirosis research and findings Infectious Diseases and Mycology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Volume 4, Issue 8, pp. e791-e791

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000791

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