Ecology and transmission of Buruli ulcer disease: a systematic review

RW Merritt, ED Walker, PLC Small… - PLoS neglected …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Buruli ulcer is a neglected emerging disease that has recently been reported in some
countries as the second most frequent mycobacterial disease in humans after tuberculosis …

Mycobacteriosis in fishes: a review

DT Gauthier, MW Rhodes - The Veterinary Journal, 2009 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium species have long been recognised as a significant source of morbidity and
mortality in finfish aquaculture, as well as in wild finfishes. Mycobacteria infecting fishes also …

A mycobacterial disease is associated with the silent mass mortality of the pen shell Pinna nobilis along the Tyrrhenian coastline of Italy

F Carella, S Aceto, F Pollaro, A Miccio, C Iaria… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Disease is an increasing threat for marine bivalves worldwide. Recently, a mass mortality
event (MME) impacting the bivalve Pinna nobilis was detected across a wide geographical …

Microbial diversity of inflamed and noninflamed gut biopsy tissues in inflammatory bowel disease

S Sepehri, R Kotlowski, CN Bernstein… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic gastrointestinal condition without
any known cause or cure. An imbalance in normal gut biota has been identified as an …

Buruli ulcer: a review of the current knowledge

RR Yotsu, K Suzuki, RE Simmonds, R Bedimo… - … tropical medicine reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing and disabling cutaneous
disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, one of the skin-related neglected tropical …

First Cultivation and Characterization of Mycobacterium ulcerans from the Environment

F Portaels, WM Meyers, A Ablordey… - PLoS neglected …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, or Buruli ulcer (BU), is an indolent,
necrotizing infection of skin, subcutaneous tissue and, occasionally, bones. It is the third …

Review of microfluidic methods for cellular lysis

E Grigorov, B Kirov, MB Marinov, V Galabov - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cell lysis is a process in which the outer cell membrane is broken to release intracellular
constituents in a way that important information about the DNA or RNA of an organism can …

Emerging microfluidic devices for cell lysis: a review

L Nan, Z Jiang, X Wei - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Intracellular components containing information about genetic and disease characteristics
are key substances to clinical diagnostics. Cell lysis is therefore a crucial step for efficient …

Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Buruli Ulcer Endemic and Non-Endemic Aquatic Sites in Ghana

HR Williamson, ME Benbow, KD Nguyen… - PLoS neglected …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, is an emerging environmental
bacterium in Australia and West Africa. The primary risk factor associated with Buruli ulcer is …

Buruli ulcer, a prototype for ecosystem-related infection, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans

D Zingue, A Bouam, RBD Tian… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Buruli ulcer is a noncontagious disabling cutaneous and subcutaneous mycobacteriosis
reported by 33 countries in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America. The causative agent …