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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2004, p. 5679-5681, Vol. 70, No. 9
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5679-5681.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Potential Role for Fish in Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer): an Environmental Study

Miriam Eddyani,1* David Ofori-Adjei,2 Guy Teugels,3 David De Weirdt,3 Daniel Boakye,2 Wayne M. Meyers,4 and Françoise Portaels1

Mycobacteriology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp,1 Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren Belgium,3 Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana,2 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.4

Received 27 October 2003/ Accepted 16 May 2004

ABSTRACT

This study reports a potential role that fish may play in the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer). Fish found positive for M. ulcerans DNA all appear to feed on insects or plankton and are believed to concentrate M. ulcerans from this usual food source. These observations provide additional data supporting our previous hypothesis on sources of M. ulcerans and modes of transmission.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Mycobacteriology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Phone: 32-3-247-65-48. Fax: 32-3-247-63-33. E-mail: meddyani{at}itg.be.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2004, p. 5679-5681, Vol. 70, No. 9
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5679-5681.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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