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Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Dec;27(12):3191-3192. doi: 10.3201/eid2712.203182.

Correlation between Buruli Ulcer Incidence and Vectorborne Diseases, Southeastern Australia, 2000-2020.

Emerging infectious diseases

Jake Andrew Linke, Eugene Athan, N Deborah Friedman

PMID: 34808092 PMCID: PMC8632172 DOI: 10.3201/eid2712.203182

Abstract

Researchers have hypothesized that mosquitoes are vectors involved in Mycobacterium ulcerans transmission. Previous findings of a correlation between incidence of M. ulcerans, which causes Buruli ulcer, and locally acquired vectorborne diseases in southeastern Australia further strengthened this argument. However, our updated data indicate that this correlation has not continued beyond 2008.

Keywords: Australia; Buruli ulcer; Mycobacterium ulcerans; bacteria; transmission; vector-borne infections

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