ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2023
Comprehensive Case-Control Study of Protective and Risk Factors for Buruli Ulcer, Southeastern Australia.
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- Biological, Environmental, and Social Determinants of Buruli Ulcer in Africa: Their Interplay Across Disease Severity and Patient Outcome.Public health challenges · 2026Review
- Integrated action for skin NTDs: Deconstructing transmission, addressing knowledge gaps, and championing one health strategies.Nature communications · 2026Review
- Buruli ulcer.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025Review
- Territorial and gender-linked risk factors for Buruli ulcer in Southern Benin: A case-control study using geographic and behavioral surveying.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Management of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) in Australia: consensus statement.The Medical journal of Australia · 2025Article
- AtypicalJournal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Mycobacterium ulcerans in Possum Feces before Emergence in Humans, Australia.Emerging infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Experimental infection of ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) with Mycobacterium ulcerans, the agent of Buruli ulcer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
To examine protective and risk factors for Buruli ulcer (BU), we conducted a case-control study of 245 adult BU cases and 481 postcode-matched controls across BU-endemic areas of Victoria, Australia. We calculated age- and sex-adjusted odds ratios for socio-environmental, host, and behavioral factors associated with BU by using conditional logistic regression. Odds of BU were >2-fold for persons with diabetes mellitus and persons working outdoors who had soil contact in BU-endemic areas (compared with indoor work) but were lower among persons who had bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccinations. BU was associated with increasing numbers of possums and with ponds and bore water use at residences. Using insect repellent, covering arms and legs outdoors, and immediately washing wounds were protective; undertaking multiple protective behaviors was associated with the lowest odds of BU. Skin hygiene/protection behaviors and previous bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination might provide protection against BU in BU-endemic areas.
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