Organism That Causes Buruli Ulcer Has Been Isolated And Characte...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 03/26/2008 - 10:00

Scientists have for the first time isolated from the environment and fully characterized the organism that causes Buruli ulcer.

The study lends support to the idea that the organism, Mycobacterium ulcerans, is transmitted to humans from environmental aquatic niches, rather than from person-to-person.


 

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