Locally Confined Clonal Complexes of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Two Buruli Ulcer Endemic Regions of Cameroon.

Autor: Miriam Bolz, Martin W Bratschi, Sarah Kerber, Jacques C Minyem, Alphonse Um Boock, Moritz Vogel, Pierre Franklin Bayi, Thomas Junghanss, Daniela Brites, Simon R Harris, Julian Parkhill, Gerd Pluschke, Araceli Lamelas Cabello

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 6, p e0003802 (2015)

BACKGROUND:Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of the necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU), which has been reported from over 30 countries worldwide. The majority of notified patients come from West African countries, such as Côte d'

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Mycobacterium ulcerans persistence at a village water source of Buruli ulcer patients.

Autor: Martin W Bratschi, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Arianna Andreoli, Jacques C Minyem, Sarah Kerber, Fidèle G Wantong, James Pritchard, Victoria Chakwera, Christian Beuret, Matthias Wittwer, Djeunga Noumen, Nadia Schürch, Alphonse Um Book, Gerd Pluschke

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 8, Iss 3, p e2756 (2014)

Buruli ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy. While there is a strong association of the occ

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/92a272be61254730a5b6a55e7efbb3a7

Transmission of Hepatitis B and D Viruses in an African Rural Community

Autor: Carlos Augusto Pinho-Nascimento, Martin W. Bratschi, Rene Höfer, Caroline Cordeiro Soares, Louisa Warryn, Jūlija Pečerska, Jacques C. Minyem, Izabel C. N. P. Paixão, Marcia Terezinha Baroni de Moraes, Alphonse Um Boock, Christian Niel, Gerd Pluschke, Katharina Röltgen

Publikováno v: mSystems, Vol 3, Iss 5 (2018)

ABSTRACT According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 257 million people worldwide are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), with approximately 15 million of them being coinfected with hepatitis D virus (HDV). To invest

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/08d1435fde3140a5899ef9b55ee1cffb

Late onset of the serological response against the 18 kDa small heat shock protein of Mycobacterium ulcerans in children

Autor: Eric Koka, Katharina Röltgen, Jacques C. Minyem, Djeunga Noumen, Martin W. Bratschi, James Pritchard, Kobina Assan Ampah, Alphonse Um Boock, Gerd Pluschke, Amanda Ross, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Samuel Yaw Aboagye, Arianna Andreoli, Miriam Bolz

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 8, Iss 5, p e2904 (2014)
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A previous survey for clinical cases of Buruli ulcer (BU) in the Mapé Basin of Cameroon suggested that, compared to older age groups, very young children may be less exposed to Mycobacterium ulcerans. Here we determined serum IgG titres against the

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https://edoc.unibas.ch/33730/

Mycobacterium ulcerans persistence at a village water source of Buruli ulcer patients

Autor: Alphonse Um Book, Arianna Andreoli, Matthias Wittwer, Jacques C. Minyem, Gerd Pluschke, Sarah Kerber, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Nadia Schürch, Christian Beuret, James Pritchard, Martin W. Bratschi, Djeunga Noumen, Fidèle G. Wantong, Victoria Chakwera

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 8, Iss 3, p e2756 (2014)
Bratschi, Martin W.; Ruf, Marie-Thérèse; Andreoli, Arianna; Minyem, Jacques C.; Kerber, Sarah; Wantong, Fidèle G.; Pritchard, James; Chakwera, Victoria; Beuret, Christian; Wittwer, Matthias; Noumen, Djeunga; Schürch, Nadia; Um Book, Alphonse; Pluschke, Gerd (2014). Mycobacterium ulcerans persistence at a village water source of Buruli ulcer patients. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 8(3), e2756. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002756

Buruli ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy. While there is a strong association of the occ

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::13d8f602f99d2ea3778a038771b1c51c
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24675964