ArticleEcoHealth2014
Associations between Mycobacterium ulcerans and aquatic plant communities of West Africa: implications for Buruli ulcer disease.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- A need for null models in understanding disease transmission: the example of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer disease).FEMS microbiology reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Human-induced pressures and environmental factors drive the distribution of neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- One Health implementation in Ghana: a perspective on policy development and institutional change.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Canonical fact versus hypothesis testing to decipher transmission of non-tuberculous and tuberculous mycobacteria: a comparative review.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Suspected Buruli ulcer cases in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone- a prospective cohort study.Infection · 2025Article
- Systematic review: Global host range, case fatality and detection rates ofJournal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2024Review
- What about Current Diversity of Mycolactone-Producing Mycobacteria? Implication for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Buruli Ulcer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- ProfilingFuture science OA · 2023Review
- Floristic Diversity as an Indicator in Low and High Endemic Buruli Ulcer Areas in Côte d'Ivoire.International journal of environmental research · 2023Article
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- Variable Number Tandem Repeat Profiling ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Linking theOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Review
- Understanding the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans: A step towards controlling Buruli ulcer.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Review
- Mapping suitability for Buruli ulcer at fine spatial scales across Africa: A modelling study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Tracing Mycobacterium ulcerans along an alimentary chain in Côte d'Ivoire: A one health perspective.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Modelling the spatial distribution of aquatic insects (Order Hemiptera) potentially involved in the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Africa.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Domestic animals infected with Mycobacterium ulcerans-Implications for transmission to humans.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Buruli Ulcer, a Prototype for Ecosystem-Related Infection, Caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2018Review
- Ecology and Feeding Habits Drive Infection of Water Bugs with Mycobacterium ulcerans.EcoHealth · 2017Article
- Landscape and environmental influences on Mycobacterium ulcerans distribution among aquatic sites in Ghana.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
Numerous studies have associated Buruli ulcer (BU) disease with disturbed aquatic habitats; however, the natural reservoir, distribution, and transmission of the pathogen, Mycobacterium ulcerans, remain unknown. To better understand the role of aquatic plants in the ecology of this disease, a large-scale survey was conducted in waterbodies of variable flow throughout three regions of Ghana, Africa. Our objectives were to characterize plant communities and identify potential relationships with M. ulcerans and other mycolactone-producing mycobacteria (MPM). Waterbodies with M. ulcerans had significantly different aquatic plant communities, with submerged terrestrial plants identified as indicators of M. ulcerans presence. Mycobacterium ulcerans and MPM were detected on 14 plant taxa in emergent zones from both lotic and lentic waterbodies in endemic regions; however, M. ulcerans was not detected in the non-endemic Volta region. These findings support the hypothesis that plants provide substrate for M. ulcerans colonization and could act as potential indicators for disease risk. These findings also suggest that M. ulcerans is a widespread environmental bacteria species, but that it is absent or reduced in regions of low disease incidence. A better understanding is needed regarding the mechanistic associations among aquatic plants and M. ulcerans for identifying the mode of transmission of BU disease.
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