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Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in an adult common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus).
Buruli ulcer is a skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, with endemicity predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa and southeastern Australia. Transmission and the environmental reservoir(s) of the bacterium remain elusive. Investigations have detected Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA in a variety of Australian environmental samples, including faeces of native possums (pictured) with and without clinical evidence of infection. O'Brien et al.
Image Credit: Janet Fyfe and Christina McCowan
Citation: (2014) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 8(1) January 2014. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(1): ev08.i01. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v08.i01
Published: January 30, 2014
Copyright: © 2014 Fyfe and McCowan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Buruli ulcer is a skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, with endemicity predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa and southeastern Australia. Transmission and the environmental reservoir(s) of the bacterium remain elusive. Investigations have detected Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA in a variety of Australian environmental samples, including faeces of native possums (pictured) with and without clinical evidence of infection. O'Brien et al.
Image Credit: Janet Fyfe and Christina McCowan