Tracing Mycobacterium ulcerans along an alimentary chain in Côte d'Ivoire: A one health perspective.

Tracing Mycobacterium ulcerans along an alimentary chain in Côte d'Ivoire: A one health perspective.

BACKGROUND:Mycobacterium ulcerans is an environmental mycobacterium responsible for an opportunistic, noncontagious tropical infection named Buruli ulcer that necrotizes the skin and the subcutaneous tissues. M. ulcerans is thought to penetrate through breached skin after contact with contaminated w...

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Main Authors: Nassim Hammoudi, Sylvestre Dizoe, Jamal Saad, Evans Ehouman, Bernard Davoust, Michel Drancourt, Amar Bouam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-05-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008228

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