Mycobacterium ulcerans persistence at a village water source of Buruli ulcer patients.

• Päätekijät: Martin W Bratschi (Tekijä), Marie-Thérèse Ruf (Tekijä), Arianna Andreoli (Tekijä), Jacques C Minyem (Tekijä), Sarah Kerber (Tekijä), Fidèle G Wantong (Tekijä), James Pritchard (Tekijä), Victoria Chakwera (Tekijä), Christian Beuret (Tekijä), Matthias Wittwer (Tekijä), Djeunga Noumen (Tekijä), Nadia Schürch (Tekijä), Alphonse Um Book (Tekijä), Gerd Pluschke (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Buruli ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy. While there is a strong association of the occurrence of the disease with stagnant or slow flowi...