Comparative Genomics Shows That Mycobacterium ulcerans Migration and Expansion Preceded the Rise of Buruli Ulcer in Southeastern Australia

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

Journal article

Comparative Genomics Shows That Mycobacterium ulcerans Migration and Expansion Preceded the Rise of Buruli Ulcer in Southeastern Australia

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

Applied and Environmental Microbiology | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02612-17

University of Melbourne Researchers

Torsten Seemann Author Microbiology and Immunology

Ben Howden Author Microbiology and Immunology

Jessica Porter Author Microbiology and Immunology

Tim Stinear Author Microbiology and Immunology

Koen Vandelannoote Author Microbiology and Immunology

Grants

Awarded by NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship

Awarded by NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship

Funding Acknowledgements

This project was supported in part by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC), an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship to T.P.S. (grant GNT1105525); and an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship to B.P.H. (GNT1105905). A.H.B. was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award Ph.D. scholarship.