Mycobacterium ulcerans Ecological Dynamics and Its Association with Freshwater Ecosystems and Aquatic Communities: Results from a 12-Month Environmental Survey in Cameroon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Garchitorena, Andrés ^a,b,c   Roche, Benjamin ^b,d   Kamgang, Roger ^c   Ossomba, Joachim ^c   Babonneau, Jérémie ^e   Landier, Jordi ^c,f   Fontanet, Arnaud ^f,g   Flahault, Antoine ^h,i   Eyangoh, Sara ^c   Guégan, Jean François ^a,b   Marsollier, Laurent ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^c CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^d Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^g University of Paris Cité   (France)

^h Therapeutic Implications Laboratoire d'Excellence GR Ex   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BURULI ULCER; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CAMEROON; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84901781889     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002879     Document Type: Article

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