Potential Role for Fish in Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer): an Environmental Study

This study reports a potential role that fish may play in the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer). Fish found positive for M. ulcerans DNA all appear to feed on insects or plankton and are believed to concentrate M. ulcerans from this usual food source. These observations p...

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Main Authors: Eddyani, Miriam, Ofori-Adjei, David, Teugels, Guy, De Weirdt, David, Boakye, Daniel, Meyers, Wayne M., Portaels, Françoise
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2004
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Public Health Microbiology
Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC520906/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15345458
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.70.9.5679-5681.2004
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