Locally Confined Clonal Complexes of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Two Buruli Ulcer Endemic Regions of Cameroon.

• Main Authors: Miriam Bolz (Author), Martin W Bratschi (Author), Sarah Kerber (Author), Jacques C Minyem (Author), Alphonse Um Boock (Author), Moritz Vogel (Author), Pierre Franklin Bayi (Author), Thomas Junghanss (Author), Daniela Brites (Author), Simon R Harris (Author), Julian Parkhill (Author), Gerd Pluschke (Author), Araceli Lamelas Cabello (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of the necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU), which has been reported from over 30 countries worldwide. The majority of notified patients come from West African countries, such as Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Benin and Cameroon. All clinic...