First cultivation and characterization of Mycobacterium ulcerans from the environment

F Portaels; WM Meyers; A Ablordey; AG Castro; K Chemlal; P De Rijk; P Elsen; K Fissette; AG Fraga; R Lee; E Mahrous; PLC Small; P Stragier; E Torrado; A Van Aerde; MT Silva; J Pedrosa

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd0000178

First cultivation and characterization of Mycobacterium ulcerans from the environment

F Portaels, WM Meyers, A Ablordey, AG Castro, K Chemlal, P De Rijk, P Elsen, K Fissette, AG Fraga, R Lee, E Mahrous, PLC Small, P Stragier, E Torrado, A Van Aerde, MT Silva, J Pedrosa

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Original language	English
Journal	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Volume	2
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	e178
Number of pages	12
ISSN	1935-2727
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd0000178
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Bacterial diseases
Buruli ulcer
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Environmental factors
Water contact
Isolation and purification
Hemiptera
Mutations
Strains
Genotyping
Geographical distribution
Benin
Africa-West

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Portaels, F ; Meyers, WM ; Ablordey, A ; Castro, AG ; Chemlal, K ; De Rijk, P ; Elsen, P ; Fissette, K ; Fraga, AG ; Lee, R ; Mahrous, E ; Small, PLC ; Stragier, P ; Torrado, E ; Van Aerde, A ; Silva, MT ; Pedrosa, J. / First cultivation and characterization of Mycobacterium ulcerans from the environment. In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2008 ; Vol. 2, No. 3. pp. e178.

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In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2008, p. e178.

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