Potential Role for Fish in Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer): an Environmental Study-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Potential Role for Fish in Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer): an Environmental Study

Published:2004-09 Issue:9 Volume:70 Page:5679-5681
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Eddyani Miriam¹,Ofori-Adjei David²,Teugels Guy³,De Weirdt David³,Boakye Daniel²,Meyers Wayne M.⁴,Portaels Françoise¹

Affiliation:

1. Mycobacteriology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp

2. Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

3. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren Belgium

4. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.

Abstract

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.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.70.9.5679-5681.2004

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