ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2015
Seasonal Patterns of Buruli Ulcer Incidence, Central Africa, 2002-2012.
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- Transmission models of Mycobacterium ulcerans: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Seasonality and mycobacterial infectious diseases in animals and humans: is there a generality of seasonal patterns for mycobacterial infections?Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Review
- First detection and molecular characterization of Jingmen tick virus with a high occurrence in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from livestock in Cameroon (2024).Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Understanding the transmission of bacterial agents of sapronotic diseases using an ecosystem-based approach: A first spatially realistic metacommunity model.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- Comprehensive Case-Control Study of Protective and Risk Factors for Buruli Ulcer, Southeastern Australia.Emerging infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Linking theOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Review
- Mapping suitability for Buruli ulcer at fine spatial scales across Africa: A modelling study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Global Epidemiology of Buruli Ulcer, 2010-2017, and Analysis of 2014 WHO Programmatic Targets.Emerging infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Comparison of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) and Leptospira sp. (Leptospirosis) dynamics in urban and rural settings.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- The changing epidemiology worldwide ofEpidemiology and infection · 2018Article
- Modelling the spatial distribution of aquatic insects (Order Hemiptera) potentially involved in the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Africa.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- The association of rainfall and Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Buruli Ulcer, a Prototype for Ecosystem-Related Infection, Caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2018Review
- The francophone network on neglected tropical diseases.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Seasonal Pattern of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the Causative Agent of Buruli Ulcer, in the Environment in Ghana.Microbial ecology · 2017Article
- Global and local environmental changes as drivers of Buruli ulcer emergence.Emerging microbes & infections · 2017Review
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- Environmental transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans drives dynamics of Buruli ulcer in endemic regions of Cameroon.Scientific reports · 2015Article
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Abstract
To determine when risk for Buruli ulcer is highest, we examined seasonal patterns in a highly disease-endemic area of Cameroon during 2002-2012. Cases peaked in March, suggesting that risk is highest during the high rainy season. During and after this season, populations should increase protective behaviors, and case detection efforts should be intensified.
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