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. 2004 Sep;70(9):5679-81.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5679-5681.2004.

Potential role for fish in transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer): an environmental study

Miriam Eddyani  1 , David Ofori-Adjei, Guy Teugels, David De Weirdt, Daniel Boakye, Wayne M Meyers, Françoise Portaels
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Potential role for fish in transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer): an environmental study

Miriam Eddyani et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Sep.

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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