Volume 14, Number 8—August 2008

Research

Aquatic Invertebrates as Unlikely Vectors of Buruli Ulcer Disease

M. Eric Benbow*¹ , Heather Williamson†, Ryan Kimbirauskas*, Mollie D. McIntosh*, Rebecca Kolar*, Charles Quaye‡, Felix Akpabey§, D. Boakye‡, Pam Small†, and Richard W. Merritt*

Author affiliations: *Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA; †University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; ‡University of Ghana, East Legon, Ghana; §Water Resources Research Institute, Accra, Ghana;

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Figure 2. Higher level classification (e.g., class, phylum) taxa percentage composition between A) Buruli ulcer–endemic (n = 15) and B) Buruli ulcer–nonendemic (n = 12) site types, Ghana.

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¹Current affiliation: University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, USA.

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