title: Potential role for fish in transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer): an environmental study.
abstract: This study reports a potential role that fish may play in the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer). Fish found positive for M. ulcerans DNA all appear to feed on insects or plankton and are believed to concentrate M. ulcerans from this usual food source. These observations provide additional data supporting our previous hypothesis on sources of M. ulcerans and modes of transmission.
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium. meddyani@itg.be
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eddyani
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ofori-Adjei
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Teugels
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Weirdt
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boakye
authors.forename: Wayne M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Portaels
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004777:Environment; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000635:transmission*; D019911:Mycobacterium ulcerans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction