Comparative genomics shows that Mycobacterium ulcerans migration and expansion preceded the rise of Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia

Author(s):

Andrew H. Buultjens, Koen Vandelannoote, Conor J. Meehan, Miriam Eddyani, Bouke C. de Jong, Janet A.M. Fyfe, Maria Globan, Nicholas J. Tobias, Jessica L. Porter, Takehiro Tomita, Ee Laine Tay, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P. Howden, Paul D.R. Johnson, Timothy P. Stinear

Details:

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Volume 84, Issue 8, 2018-04-01, Article number e02612-17

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Affiliations:

• University of Melbourne
• Austin Health
• Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
• Department of Microbiology & Immunology
• The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
• Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory