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Aquatic Snails, Passive Hosts of Mycobacterium ulcerans

Published:2004-10 Issue:10 Volume:70 Page:6296-6298
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Marsollier Laurent¹,Sévérin Tchibozo²,Aubry Jacques³,Merritt Richard W.⁴,Saint André Jean-Paul⁵,Legras Pierre⁶,Manceau Anne-Lise⁷,Chauty Annick⁸,Carbonnelle Bernard⁷,Cole Stewart T.¹

Affiliation:

1. Unité de Génétique bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris

2. Laboratoire d'Ecologie appliquée, Fsa/Uac, Cotonou

3. INSERM U. 601, Institut de Biologie & Faculté de Pharmacie, Nantes

4. Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

5. Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique

6. Animalerie Hospitalo-Universitaire, Faculté de Médecine, Angers, France

7. Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, CHU

8. Centre de dépistage et de traitement de l'ulcère de Buruli, Pobè, Bénin

Abstract

ABSTRACT Accumulative indirect evidence of the epidemiology of Mycobacterium ulcerans infections causing chronic skin ulcers (i.e., Buruli ulcer disease) suggests that the development of this pathogen and its transmission to humans are related predominantly to aquatic environments. We report that snails could transitorily harbor M. ulcerans without offering favorable conditions for its growth and replication. A novel intermediate link in the transmission chain of M. ulcerans becomes likely with predator aquatic insects in addition to phytophage insects. Water bugs, such as Naucoris cimicoides , a potential vector of M. ulcerans, were shown to be infected specifically by this bacterium after feeding on snails experimentally exposed to M. ulcerans .

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.70.10.6296-6298.2004

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