Exposure risk for infection and lack of human-to-human transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, Australia
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posted on 2024-06-18, 00:23 authored by DP O’Brien, JW Wynne, AH Buultjens, WP Michalski, TP Stinear, ND Friedman, Andrew HughesAndrew Hughes, Eugene AthanEugene AthanWe conducted epidemiologic and genetic analyses of family clusters of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) disease in southeastern Australia. We found that the incidence of M. ulcerans disease in family members was increased. However, the risk for exposure appeared short-term and not related to human-human transmission.
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Emerging Infectious DiseasesVolume
23Pagination
837-840Location
United StatesPublisher DOI
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1080-6040eISSN
1080-6059Language
EnglishPublication classification
C Journal article, C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017Issue
5Publisher
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Science & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineImmunologyInfectious DiseasesBURULI ULCERSOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIAMOSQUITOSECOLOGYINSECTSAustraliaBuruli ulcerMycobacterium ulceransMycobacterium ulcerans diseasebacteriaepidemiologyexposure riskgenome sequencinghuman-to-human transmissioninfectiontransmission family clusterstuberculosis and other mycobacteriaAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBuruli UlcerChildChild, PreschoolEnvironmental ExposureFemaleGenome, ViralHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedPhylogenyPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRiskYoung Adult110899 Medical Microbiology not elsewhere classified3207 Medical microbiology3202 Clinical sciences
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