First detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA in environmental samples from South America.

• Main Authors: Aaron Morris (Author), Rodolphe Gozlan (Author), Estelle Marion (Author), Laurent Marsollier (Author), Demetra Andreou (Author), Daniel Sanhueza (Author), Rolland Ruffine (Author), Pierre Couppié (Author), Jean-François Guégan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The occurrences of many environmentally-persistent and zoonotic infections are driven by ecosystem changes, which in turn are underpinned by land-use modifications that alter the governance of pathogen, biodiversity and human interactions. Our current understanding of these ecological changes on dis...