| potential wildlife sentinels for monitoring the endemic spread of human buruli ulcer in south-east australia. | the last 20 years has seen a significant series of outbreaks of buruli/bairnsdale ulcer (bu), caused by mycobacterium ulcerans, in temperate south-eastern australia (state of victoria). here, the prevailing view of m. ulcerans as an aquatic pathogen has been questioned by recent research identifying native wildlife as potential terrestrial reservoirs of infection; specifically, tree-dwelling common ringtail and brushtail possums. in that previous work, sampling of environmental possum faeces det ... | 2014 | 24498452 |
| clinical, microbiological and pathological findings of mycobacterium ulcerans infection in three australian possum species. | buruli ulcer (bu) is a skin disease caused by mycobacterium ulcerans, with endemicity predominantly in sub-saharan africa and south-eastern australia. the mode of transmission and the environmental reservoir(s) of the bacterium and remain elusive. real-time pcr investigations have detected m. ulcerans dna in a variety of australian environmental samples, including the faeces of native possums with and without clinical evidence of infection. this report seeks to expand on previously published fin ... | 2014 | 24498451 |