Mycobacterium ulcerans Persistence at a Village Water Source of Buruli Ulcer Patients

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bratschi, Martin W ^a,b   Ruf, Marie Thérèse ^a,b   Andreoli, Arianna ^a,b   Minyem, Jacques C ^a,c   Kerber, Sarah ^a,b   Wantong, Fidèle G ^d   Pritchard, James ^a,b   Chakwera, Victoria ^a,b   Beuret, Christian ^e   Wittwer, Matthias ^e   Noumen, Djeunga ^d   Schürch, Nadia ^e   Um Book, Alphonse ^c   Pluschke, Gerd ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c FAIRMED Africa Regional Office   (Cameroon)

^d Bankim District Hospital   (Cameroon)

^e Labor Spiez   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETRITUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; TROPICAL DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84897448977     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002756     Document Type: Article

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