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Comment
. 2008 Mar 26;2(3):e216.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000216.

First isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from an aquatic environment: the end of a 60-year search?

Tim Stinear  1 , Paul D R Johnson
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First isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from an aquatic environment: the end of a 60-year search?

Tim Stinear et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. River Offin in the Amansie West District of Ghana showing a typical environmental setting for a region of Buruli ulcer endemicity, and M. ulcerans infection of the elbow of a female patient from the same district.
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