Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA in Bandicoot Excreta in Buruli Ulcer–Endemic Area, Northern Queensland, Australia
Katharina Röltgen
, Gerd Pluschke, Paul D.R. Johnson, and Janet Fyfe
Author affiliations: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland (K. Röltgen, G. Pluschke); University of Basel, Basel (K. Röltgen, G. Pluschke); Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia (P.D.R. Johnson); University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (P.D.R. Johnson); World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (P.D.R. Johnson, J. Fyfe); Doherty Institute, Melbourne (J. Fyfe)
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Figure 1. Sample collection for detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA in Buruli ulcer–endemic area, northern Queensland, Australia. Environmental samples were collected in the Daintree River basin during September (yellow) and October (green) 2013. Red indicates locations where Bandicoot feces and mosquito pool samples with positive results by real-time PCR for all 3 M. ulcerans targets were collected. Inset shows specimens from bandicoots and mosquitoes. Map created by using Google Earth (https://www.google.com/earth/).
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