Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA in Bandicoot Excreta in Buruli Ulcer–Endemic Area, Northern Queensland, Australia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Röltgen, Katharina ; Pluschke, Gerd ; Johnson, Paul D.R. ; Fyfe, Janet
• Description:
  To identify potential reservoirs/vectors of Mycobacterium ulcerans in northern Queensland, Australia, we analyzed environmental samples collected from the Daintree River catchment area, to which Buruli ulcer is endemic, and adjacent coastal lowlands by species-specific PCR. We detected M. ulcerans DNA in soil, mosquitoes, and excreta of bandicoots, which are small terrestrial marsupials.
• Subjects:
  Animals Buruli Ulcer/Epidemiology Buruli Ulcer/Microbiology Buruli Ulcer/Transmission Buruli Ulcer/Veterinary Culicidae/Microbiology DNA, Bacterial/Genetics Endemic Diseases/Veterinary Feces/Chemistry Feces/Microbiology Humans Insect Vectors/Microbiology Marsupialia/Microbiology Mycobacterium Ulcerans Polymerase Chain Reaction Soil Microbiology

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(12):2042-2045.
• Pubmed ID:
  29148373
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5708234
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Queensland, Australia
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d28b029e82ffdc6b5c29587b06d6a2871eba57768e52954a965d6cb77d1f92db
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50194/cdc_50194_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.79 MB ]