Investigating the Role of Free-living Amoebae as a Reservoir for Mycobacterium ulcerans
Nana Ama Amissah; Sophie Gryseels; Nicholas J. Tobias; Bahram Ravadgar; Mitsuko Suzuki; Koen Vandelannoote; Lies Durnez; Herwig Leirs · 2014 · PLoS neglected tropical diseases
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The reservoir and mode of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, still remain a mystery. It has been suggested that M. ulcerans persists with difficulty as a free-living organism due to its natural fragility and inability to withstand exposure to direct sunlight, and thus probably persists within a protective host environment. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We investigated the role of free-living amoebae as a reservoir of M. ulcerans by screening the bacterium in free-living amoebae (FLA) cultures isolated from environmental specimens using re
Abstract by Nana Ama Amissah; Sophie Gryseels; Nicholas J. Tobias; Bahram Ravadgar; Mitsuko Suzuki; Koen Vandelannoote; Lies Durnez; Herwig Leirs, PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2014) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003148