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https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/35647| Title: | Buruli ulcer in Australia: Evidence for a new endemic focus at Batemans Bay, New South Wales. | Austin Authors: | Hossain, Mehrab E;Keighley, Caitlin;Buultjens, Andrew H;Porter, Jessica L;Johnson, Paul D R ;Stinear, Timothy P;Globan, Maria;Lavender, Caroline J;Lacey, Jake A;Sherry, Norelle L ;Forsyth, Anton;Formby, Mark;Marr, Ian | Affiliation: | Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Southern.IML Pathology, Sonic Healthcare, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.;Medical School, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia. Infectious Diseases Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia.;World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne Health, Victoria, Australia. World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne Health, Victoria, Australia. Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia.;Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.;Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia. Public Health Unit, Murrumbidgee and Southern New South Wales Local Health Districts, New South Wales, Australia. Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.;Menzies School of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. |
Issue Date: | Dec-2024 | Date: | 2024 | Publication information: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2024-12; 18(12) | Abstract: | We describe two locally acquired cases of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) in the town of Batemans Bay on the east coast of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, 150 km north of Eden, the only other place in NSW where Buruli ulcer has likely been locally acquired. Genomic analysis showed that the bacterial isolates from the cases were identical but belonged to a phylogenetically distinct M. ulcerans clade that was most closely related to the isolate from the earlier case in Eden to the south. It is proposed that Batemans Bay is a new endemic focus of human Buruli ulcer transmission. | URI: | https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/35647 | DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012702 | ORCID: | 0000-0003-2306-4229 |
Journal: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | Start page: | e0012702 | PubMed URL: | 39671443 | ISSN: | 1935-2735 | Type: | Journal Article | Subjects: | Buruli Ulcer/epidemiology Buruli Ulcer/microbiology Mycobacterium ulcerans/genetics Mycobacterium ulcerans/isolation & purification Mycobacterium ulcerans/classification New South Wales/epidemiology |
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