Exposure Risk for Infection and Lack of Human-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease, Australia

We conducted epidemiologic and genetic analyses of family clusters of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) disease in southeastern Australia. We found that the incidence of M. ulcerans disease in family members was increased. However, the risk for exposure appeared short-term and not related to hum...

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Autores principales: O’Brien, Daniel P., Wynne, James W., Buultjens, Andrew H., Michalski, Wojtek P., Stinear, Timothy P., Friedman, N. Deborah, Hughes, Andrew, Athan, Eugene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5403060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28418294
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.160809
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author O’Brien, Daniel P.
Wynne, James W.
Buultjens, Andrew H.
Michalski, Wojtek P.
Stinear, Timothy P.
Friedman, N. Deborah
Hughes, Andrew
Athan, Eugene
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Wynne, James W.
Buultjens, Andrew H.
Michalski, Wojtek P.
Stinear, Timothy P.
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spelling pubmed-54030602017-05-12 Exposure Risk for Infection and Lack of Human-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease, Australia O’Brien, Daniel P. Wynne, James W. Buultjens, Andrew H. Michalski, Wojtek P. Stinear, Timothy P. Friedman, N. Deborah Hughes, Andrew Athan, Eugene Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We conducted epidemiologic and genetic analyses of family clusters of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) disease in southeastern Australia. We found that the incidence of M. ulcerans disease in family members was increased. However, the risk for exposure appeared short-term and not related to human-human transmission. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5403060/ /pubmed/28418294 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.160809 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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O’Brien, Daniel P.
Wynne, James W.
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Stinear, Timothy P.
Friedman, N. Deborah
Hughes, Andrew
Athan, Eugene
Exposure Risk for Infection and Lack of Human-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease, Australia
title Exposure Risk for Infection and Lack of Human-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease, Australia
title_full Exposure Risk for Infection and Lack of Human-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease, Australia
title_fullStr Exposure Risk for Infection and Lack of Human-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Exposure Risk for Infection and Lack of Human-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease, Australia
title_short Exposure Risk for Infection and Lack of Human-to-Human Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease, Australia
title_sort exposure risk for infection and lack of human-to-human transmission of mycobacterium ulcerans disease, australia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5403060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28418294
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.160809
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