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Family Relationship, Water Contact and Occurrence of Buruli Ulcer in Benin

Image via Wikipedia Author Summary Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) is the most widespread mycobacterial disease in the world after leprosy and tuberculosis. How M. ulcerans is introduced into the skin of humans remains unclear, but it appears that individuals … Continue reading

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Malaria: a beneficial genetic mutation in South-East Asia

A large-scale evolutionary and epidemiological genetic study carried out over an eight-year period in Thailand has enabled Institut Pasteur and CNRS researchers to demonstrate that a mutation that is particularly widespread in some South-East Asian populations offers a higher level … Continue reading

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