Potential Role for Fish in Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer): an Environmental Study |
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| Authors: | Miriam Eddyani David Ofori-Adjei Guy Teugels David De Weirdt Daniel Boakye Wayne M Meyers and Franoise Portaels |
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| Institution: | Miriam Eddyani, David Ofori-Adjei, Guy Teugels, David De Weirdt, Daniel Boakye, Wayne M. Meyers, and Françoise Portaels |
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| Abstract: | This study reports a potential role that fish may play in the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer). Fish found positive for M. ulcerans DNA all appear to feed on insects or plankton and are believed to concentrate M. ulcerans from this usual food source. These observations provide additional data supporting our previous hypothesis on sources of M. ulcerans and modes of transmission. |
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