ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2008
Occurrence of free-living amoebae in communities of low and high endemicity for Buruli ulcer in southern Benin.
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- A need for null models in understanding disease transmission: the example of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer disease).FEMS microbiology reviews · 2022Pooled it
- The role of Acanthamoeba spp. in biofilm communities: a systematic review.Parasitology research · 2021Pooled it
- Ecology and transmission of Buruli ulcer disease: a systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2010Pooled it
- Genome comparison of the bacteria in Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) reveals the role of translational selection in shaping codon usage patterns.Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG · 2026Article
- Linking theOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Review
- The Ecology and Evolution of Amoeba-Bacterium Interactions.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2021Review
- Physical Measures to Reduce Exposure to Tap Water-Associated Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- Mycobacterium abscessus virulence traits unraveled by transcriptomic profiling in amoeba and macrophages.PLoS pathogens · 2019Article
- Insights From the Genome Sequence ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
- Buruli Ulcer, a Prototype for Ecosystem-Related Infection, Caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2018Review
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- Investigating the role of free-living amoebae as a reservoir for Mycobacterium ulcerans.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014Article
- Presence of potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae strains from well water samples in Guinea-Bissau.Pathogens and global health · 2014Article
- Survey of Naegleria fowleri in geothermal recreational waters of Guadeloupe (French West Indies).PloS one · 2013Article
- Amoebae as potential environmental hosts for Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycobacteria, but doubtful actors in Buruli ulcer epidemiology.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2012Article
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- In the case of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans in buruli ulcer disease Acanthamoeba species stand accused.Ghana medical journal · 2011Review
- Terrestrial small mammals as reservoirs of Mycobacterium ulcerans in benin.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2010Article
- Large sequence polymorphisms unveil the phylogenetic relationship of environmental and pathogenic mycobacteria related to Mycobacterium ulcerans.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2009Article
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Abstract
Buruli ulcer or Mycobacterium ulcerans disease occurs mainly in areas in proximity to standing or slowly running freshwater, habitats in which free-living amoebae occur. For this reason, a possible link between the habitat of M. ulcerans and free-living amoebae was investigated. Free-living amoebae and mycobacteria were isolated from water and biofilm specimens taken from protected and unprotected sources of water in villages known to have either high or low endemicity for Buruli ulcer in Benin. Amoebae were isolated from 78.8% of samples. A greater proportion of water bodies in areas of high endemicity had amoebae than in areas of low endemicity (83.3% versus 66.7%). Protected sources of water were significantly more likely to contain amoebae in areas of high endemicity than in areas of low endemicity (88.0% versus 11.1%). Several pathogenic free-living amoebae and mycobacteria were isolated. However, no M. ulcerans was isolated and no specimen was positive for IS2404 PCR. Our results show that the study area has a water hygiene problem, which is greater in areas of high Buruli ulcer endemicity than in areas of low endemicity. Our observations indicate that additional studies are required to explore the possible link between free-living amoebae and mycobacteria.
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