TY - JOUR AU - Johnson, Paul D.R. AU - Azuolas, Joseph AU - Lavender, Caroline J. AU - Wishart, Elwyn AU - Stinear, Timothy P. AU - Hayman, John A. AU - Brown, Lynne AU - Jenkin, Grant A. AU - Fyfe, Janet A.M. T1 - Mycobacterium ulcerans in Mosquitoes Captured during Outbreak of Buruli Ulcer, Southeastern Australia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 11 SP - 1653 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Buruli ulcer (BU) occurs in >30 countries. The causative organism, Mycobacterium ulcerans, is acquired from the environment, but the exact mode of transmission is unknown. We investigated an outbreak of BU in a small coastal town in southeastern Australia and screened by PCR mosquitoes caught there. All cases of BU were confirmed by culture or PCR. Mosquitoes were trapped in multiple locations during a 26-month period. BU developed in 48 residents of Point Lonsdale/Queenscliff and 31 visitors from January 2001 through April 2007. We tested 11,504 mosquitoes trapped at Point Lonsdale (predominantly Aedes camptorhynchus). Forty-eight pools (5 species) were positive for insertion sequence IS2404 (maximum likelihood estimate 4.3/1,000), and we confirmed the presence of M. ulcerans in a subset of pools by detection of 3 additional PCR targets. KW - Mycobacterium ulcerans KW - Buruli ulcer KW - Bairnsdale ulcer KW - mosquito KW - vector KW - transmission KW - Australia KW - research DO - 10.3201/eid1311.061369 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/11/06-1369_article ER - End of Reference