Investigating the Role of Free-living Amoebae as a Reservoir for Mycobacterium ulcerans
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Volume 8, No. 9, Year 2014
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The reservoir and mode of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, still remain a mystery. It has been suggested that M. ulcerans persists with difficulty as a free-living organism due to its natural fragility and inability to withstand exposure to direct sunlight, and thus probably persists within a protective host environment.