Landscape and environmental influences on Mycobacterium ulcerans distribution among aquatic sites in Ghana

Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is highly endemic in West Africa. While the mode of transmission is unknown, many studies associate Buruli ulcer with different types of water exposure. We present results from the largest study to date to test for M. ulcerans in aquatic sites and iden...

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Publié dans:PLoS One
Auteurs principaux: Pileggi, Shannon M., Jordan, Heather, Clennon, Julie A., Whitney, Ellen, Benbow, M. Eric, Merritt, Richard, McIntosh, Mollie, Kimbirauskas, Ryan, Small, Pamela, Boakye, Daniel, Quaye, Charles, Qi, Jiaguo, Campbell, Lindsay, Gronseth, Jenni, Ampadu, Edwin, Opare, William, Waller, Lance A.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Public Library of Science 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402941/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28437439
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176375
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