Domestic animals infected with Mycobacterium ulcerans-Implications for transmission to humans.

Background: The environmental pathogen, Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU) can infect both humans and animals and cause Buruli ulcer (BU) disease. However, its mode(s) of transmission from the colonized environment to human/animal hosts remain unclear. In Australia, MU can infect both wildlife and domestic mammals.

Evidences of the Low Implication of Mosquitoes in the Transmission of , the Causative Agent of Buruli Ulcer.

Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) continues to be a serious public health threat in wet tropical regions and the mode of transmission of its etiological agent, (), remains poorly understood. In this study, mosquito species collected in endemic villages in Benin were screened for the presence of . In addition, the ability of mosquitoes larvae to pick up from their environment and remain colonized through the larval developmental stages to the adult stage was investigated.