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SUBMITTER: Wallace JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5406025 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wallace John R JR Mangas Kirstie M KM Porter Jessica L JL Marcsisin Renee R Pidot Sacha J SJ Howden Brian B Omansen Till F TF Zeng Weiguang W Axford Jason K JK Johnson Paul D R PDR Stinear Timothy P TP
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20170414 4
Addressing the transmission enigma of the neglected disease Buruli ulcer (BU) is a World Health Organization priority. In Australia, we have observed an association between mosquitoes harboring the causative agent, Mycobacterium ulcerans, and BU. Here we tested a contaminated skin model of BU transmission by dipping the tails from healthy mice in cultures of the causative agent, Mycobacterium ulcerans. Tails were exposed to mosquito (Aedes notoscriptus and Aedes aegypti) blood feeding or punctur ...[more]