Amoebae as Potential Environmental Hosts for Mycobacterium ulcerans and Other Mycobacteria, but Doub...
Amoebae as Potential Environmental Hosts for Mycobacterium ulcerans and Other Mycobacteria, but Doubtful Actors in Buruli Ulcer Epidemiology
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
United States: Public Library of Science
Journal title
Language
English
Formats
Publication information
Publisher
United States: Public Library of Science
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The reservoir and mode of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, remain unknown. Ecological, genetic and epidemiological information nonetheless suggests that M. ulcerans may reside in aquatic protozoa.
We experimentally infected Acanthamoeba polyphaga with M. ulcerans and found that the bacilli were phagocy...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Amoebae as Potential Environmental Hosts for Mycobacterium ulcerans and Other Mycobacteria, but Doubtful Actors in Buruli Ulcer Epidemiology
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
TN_cdi_plos_journals_1288107627
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1288107627
Other Identifiers
ISSN
1935-2735,1935-2727
E-ISSN
1935-2735
DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0001764
