Domestic animals infected with Mycobacterium ulcerans - implications for transmission to humans

Background The environmental pathogen, Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU) can infect both humans and animals and cause Buruli ulcer (BU) disease. However, its mode(s) of transmission from the colonized environment to human/animal hosts remain unclear. In Australia, MU can infect both wildlife and domestic...

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Main Authors: Djouaka, R., Zeukeng, F., Bigoga, J.D., Kakou-Ngazoa, S.E., Akoton, R., Tchigossou, G., Coulibaly, D.N., Tchebe, S.J.E., Aboubacar, S., Nguepdjo, C.N., Tossou, E., Adeoti, R., Ngonga, T.M.N., Akpo, Y., Djegbe, I., Tamo, Manuele, Mbacham, W.F., Ablordey, A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Public Library of Science 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103600

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