Buruli ulcer in Australia: Evidence for a new endemic focus at Batemans Bay, New South Wales

Mehrab E. Hossain; Caitlin Keighley; Andrew H. Buultjens; Jessica L. Porter; Paul D.R. Johnson; Timothy P. Stinear; Maria Globan; Caroline J. Lavender; Jake A. Lacey; Norelle L. Sherry; Anton Forsyth; Mark Formby; Ian Marr

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Buruli ulcer in Australia: Evidence for a new endemic focus at Batemans Bay, New South Wales

Mehrab E. Hossain, Caitlin Keighley, Andrew H. Buultjens, Jessica L. Porter, Paul D.R. Johnson, Timothy P. Stinear, Maria Globan, Caroline J. Lavender, Jake A. Lacey, Norelle L. Sherry, Anton Forsyth, Mark Formby, Ian Marr

Menzies School of Health Research

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We describe two locally acquired cases of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) in the town of Batemans Bay on the east coast of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, 150 km north of Eden, the only other place in NSW where Buruli ulcer has likely been locally acquired. Genomic analysis showed that the bacterial isolates from the cases were identical but belonged to a phylogenetically distinct M. ulcerans clade that was most closely related to the isolate from the earlier case in Eden to the south. It is proposed that Batemans Bay is a new endemic focus of human Buruli ulcer transmission.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Volume	18
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012702
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2024

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Hossain, M. E., Keighley, C., Buultjens, A. H., Porter, J. L., Johnson, P. D. R., Stinear, T. P., Globan, M., Lavender, C. J., Lacey, J. A., Sherry, N. L., Forsyth, A., Formby, M., & Marr, I. (2024). Buruli ulcer in Australia: Evidence for a new endemic focus at Batemans Bay, New South Wales. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(12), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012702

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