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. (2008). First cultivation and characterization of Mycobacterium ulcerans from the environment. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2(3), e178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd0000178

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