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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2024

Buruli ulcer in Australia: Evidence for a new endemic focus at Batemans Bay, New South Wales.

Mehrab E Hossain, Caitlin Keighley, Andrew H Buultjens, Jessica L Porter, Paul D R Johnson, Timothy P Stinear, Maria Globan, Caroline J Lavender, Jake A Lacey, Norelle L Sherry and 3 more

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Buruli ulcer.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Mehrab E HossainDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2306-4229
Caitlin KeighleySouthern.IML Pathology, Sonic Healthcare, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Andrew H BuultjensDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia.
Jessica L PorterDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia.
Paul D R JohnsonDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Timothy P StinearDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia.
Maria GlobanWorld Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne Health, Victoria, Australia.
Caroline J LavenderWorld Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne Health, Victoria, Australia.
Jake A LaceyMicrobiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia.
Norelle L SherryDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia.
Anton ForsythPublic Health Unit, Murrumbidgee and Southern New South Wales Local Health Districts, New South Wales, Australia.
Mark FormbySouthern.IML Pathology, Sonic Healthcare, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Ian MarrDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe two locally acquired cases of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) in the town of Batemans Bay on the east coast of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, 150 km north of Eden, the only other place in NSW where Buruli ulcer has likely been locally acquired. Genomic analysis showed that the bacterial isolates from the cases were identical but belonged to a phylogenetically distinct M. ulcerans clade that was most closely related to the isolate from the earlier case in Eden to the south. It is proposed that Batemans Bay is a new endemic focus of human Buruli ulcer transmission.

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Buruli UlcerMycobacterium ulceransAdultEndemic DiseasesFemaleHumansMaleNew South WalesPhylogeny

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PMID39671443
PMCPMC11676496

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