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SUBMITTER: Vandelannoote K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7473558 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vandelannoote Koen K Pluschke Gerd G Bolz Miriam M Bratschi Martin W MW Kerber Sarah S Stinear Timothy P TP de Jong Bouke C BC
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20200904 9
Buruli ulcer (BU) is an emerging ulcerative skin disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. Efforts to control its spread have been hampered by our limited understanding of M. ulcerans reservoirs and transmission, and the factors leading to the emergence of BU disease in a particular region. In this report we investigate an anecdotal link between damming the Mapé River in Cameroon and the emergence of BU in the Health Districts bordering Lake Bankim, the impoundment created by the ...[more]