Seasonal and regional dynamics of M. ulcerans transmission in environmental context: deciphering the role of water bugs as hosts and vectors.

• Main Authors: Estelle Marion (Author), Sara Eyangoh (Author), Edouard Yeramian (Author), Julien Doannio (Author), Jordi Landier (Author), Jacques Aubry (Author), Arnaud Fontanet (Author), Christophe Rogier (Author), Viviane Cassisa (Author), Jane Cottin (Author), Agnès Marot (Author), Matthieu Eveillard (Author), Yannick Kamdem (Author), Pierre Legras (Author), Caroline Deshayes (Author), Jean-Paul (Author), Laurent Marsollier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Buruli ulcer, the third mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy, is caused by the environmental mycobacterium M. ulcerans. Various modes of transmission have been suspected for this disease, with no general consensus acceptance for any of them up to now. Since laboratory mode...