Antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants: Tackling the black box

CM Manaia, J Rocha, N Scaccia, R Marano… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wastewater is among the most important reservoirs of antibiotic resistance in urban
environments. The abundance of carbon sources and other nutrients, a variety of possible …

Ecology and transmission of Buruli ulcer disease: a systematic review

RW Merritt, ED Walker, PLC Small… - PLoS neglected …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Buruli ulcer is a neglected emerging disease that has recently been reported in some
countries as the second most frequent mycobacterial disease in humans after tuberculosis …

Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia

PT Mee, AH Buultjens, J Oliver, K Brown… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Buruli ulcer, a chronic subcutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is
increasing in prevalence in southeastern Australia. Possums are a local wildlife reservoir for …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium ulcerans in mosquitoes captured during outbreak of Buruli ulcer, southeastern Australia

PDR Johnson, J Azuolas, CJ Lavender… - Emerging infectious …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Buruli ulcer (BU) occurs in> 30 countries. The causative organism, Mycobacterium ulcerans,
is acquired from the environment, but the exact mode of transmission is unknown. We …

A Major Role for Mammals in the Ecology of Mycobacterium ulcerans

JAM Fyfe, CJ Lavender, KA Handasyde… - PLoS neglected …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer (BU), a
destructive skin disease found predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa and south-eastern …

Buruli ulcer: a review of the current knowledge

RR Yotsu, K Suzuki, RE Simmonds, R Bedimo… - … tropical medicine reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing and disabling cutaneous
disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, one of the skin-related neglected tropical …

First Cultivation and Characterization of Mycobacterium ulcerans from the Environment

F Portaels, WM Meyers, A Ablordey… - PLoS neglected …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, or Buruli ulcer (BU), is an indolent,
necrotizing infection of skin, subcutaneous tissue and, occasionally, bones. It is the third …

Statistical modeling based on structured surveys of Australian native possum excreta harboring Mycobacterium ulcerans predicts Buruli ulcer occurrence in humans

K Vandelannoote, AH Buultjens, JL Porter, A Velink… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection of
subcutaneous tissue with Mycobacterium ulcerans. BU is commonly reported across rural …

Understanding the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans: A step towards controlling Buruli ulcer

AJ Muleta, R Lappan, TP Stinear… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, a rare but chronic debilitating
skin and soft tissue disease found predominantly in West Africa and Southeast Australia …

The quantitative real-time PCR applications in the monitoring of marine harmful algal bloom (HAB) species

P Antonella, G Luca - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2013 - Springer
In the last decade, various molecular methods (eg, fluorescent hybridization assay,
sandwich hybridization assay, automatized biosensor detection, real-time PCR assay) have …