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The location of Australian Buruli ulcer lesions-Implications for unravelling disease transmission.
| العنوان: | The location of Australian Buruli ulcer lesions-Implications for unravelling disease transmission. |
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| المؤلفون: | O'Brien D.P., Starr M., Trevillyan J., Hughes A., Friedman N.D., Johnson P.D.R., Yerramilli A., Tay E.L., Stewardson A.J., Kelley P.G., Bishop E., Jenkin G.A. |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (E-mail: plos@plos.org) United States 2017-09-11 |
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| مستخلص: | Background: Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is increasing in incidence in Victoria, Australia. To improve understanding of disease transmission, we aimed to map the location of BU lesions on the human body. Method(s): Using notification data and clinical records review, we conducted a retrospective observational study of patients diagnosed with BU in Victoria from 1998-2015. We created electronic density maps of lesion locations using spatial analysis software and compared lesion distribution by age, gender, presence of multiple lesions and month of infection. Finding(s): We examined 579 patients with 649 lesions; 32 (5.5%) patients had multiple lesions. Lesions were predominantly located on lower (70.0%) and upper (27.1%) limbs, and showed a non-random distribution with strong predilection for the ankles, elbows and calves. When stratified by gender, upper limb lesions were more common (OR 1.97, 95% CI 1.38-2.82, p<0.001) while lower limb lesions were less common in men than in women (OR 0.48, 95% CI 0.34-0.68, p<0.001). Patients aged >= 65 years (OR 3.13, 95% CI 1.52-6.43, p = 0.001) and those with a lesion on the ankle (OR 2.49, 95% CI 1.14-5.43, p = 0.02) were more likely to have multiple lesions. Most infections (71.3%) were likely acquired in the warmer 6 months of the year. Interpretation(s): Comparison with published work in Cameroon, Africa, showed similar lesion distribution and suggests the mode of M. ulcerans transmission may be the same across the globe. Our findings also aid clinical diagnosis and provide quantitative background information for further research investigating disease transmission.Copyright © 2017 Yerramilli et al. |
| مصطلحات الفهرس: | aged, article, Australia, Buruli ulcer/ep [Epidemiology], child, cohort analysis, comparative study, disease surveillance, disease transmission, female, human, lower limb, male, multicenter study, Mycobacterium ulcerans, observational study, reinfection, retrospective study, skin injury, temperature, upper limb, major clinical study, adolescent, adult, age distribution, Article |
| URL: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Click here for full text options LibKey Link |
| الاتاحة: | Open access content. Open access content Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. |
| Other Numbers: | AUSHL oai:repository.monashhealth.org:1/38740 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11 (8) (no pagination), 2017. Article Number: e0005800. Date of Publication: August 2017. 1935-2727 https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/38740 Johnson, Paul D. R.; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9873-7163 28821017 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=28821017] 618077310 (Yerramilli, O'Brien, Johnson) Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia (Yerramilli, O'Brien) Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia (Tay) Health Protection Branch, Department of Health & Human Services, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Stewardson, Johnson) Infectious Diseases Department, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia (Kelley, Bishop) Department of Infectious Diseases, Peninsula Health, Frankston, VIC, Australia (Jenkin) Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC, Australia (Starr) Department of General Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia (Trevillyan) Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, Prahran, VIC, Australia (Hughes, Friedman, O'Brien) Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia Johnson P.D.R.; paul.johnson@austin.org.au 1305128279 |
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