Buruli ulcer is a noncontagious disabling cutaneous and subcutaneous mycobacteriosis
reported by 33 countries in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America. The causative agent …

Many emerging infectious diseases are caused by generalist pathogens that infect and
transmit via multiple host species with multiple dissemination routes, thus confounding the …

We present a reliable PCR-based method to avoid the biases related to identification based
on the conventional phenotypes currently used in the identification of Pseudomonas …

Background Buruli ulcer, the third mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy, is
caused by the environmental mycobacterium M. ulcerans. There is at present no clear …

Buruli Ulcer is a devastating skin disease caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Emergence and distribution of Buruli ulcer cases is clearly linked to aquatic ecosystems, but …

This study aimed to contribute to the understanding of Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU)
ecology by analysing both clinical and environmental samples collected from ten …

Understanding the interactions of ecosystems, humans and pathogens is important for
disease risk estimation. This is particularly true for neglected and newly emerging diseases …

Understanding the ecology of environmentally acquired and multi‐host pathogens affecting
humans and wildlife has been elusive in part because fluctuations in the abundance of host …

Identifying the source reservoirs of Mycobacterium ulcerans is key to understanding the
mode of transmission of this pathogen and controlling the spread of Buruli ulcer (BU). In …

Study region Buruli ulcer, an emerging disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, largely
affects poor rural populations in tropical countries. The environmental niche that supports …