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Autodissemination stations suppress Aedes notoscriptus mosquitoes and reduce Buruli ulcer risk in urban Australia: a randomized controlled field trial

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By Véronique Paris, Andrew H. Buultjens, Nicholas Bell, Thomas Schmidt, Wendy M. Bamberg, Michael T. Birrell, Catarina Antão, Maria Globan, Caroline Lavender, Katherine Bond, Jake A. Lacey, Yichen Zhai, Peihong Guo, Norelle L. Sherry, Katherine B Gibney, Jue Tao Lim, Paul Johnson, Timothy P. Stinear, Ary Hoffmann, Finn Romanes, Sally Dougall
| Nature Verified
Abstract Aedes notoscriptus are mosquito vectors implicated in transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans. This bacterium causes a destructive infection of skin and soft tissue called Buruli ulcer. Here we ran a randomized controlled trial in an urban Buruli ulcer endemic area in Melbourne, Australia to test whether autodissemination mosquito control stations, containing pyriproxyfen (larvicide) and Beauveria bassiana (entomopathogenic fungus), suppress Ae. notoscriptus populations.
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Mycobacterium ulcerans in Mosquitoes Captured during Outbreak of Buruli Ulcer, Southeastern Australia

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By Paul Johnson, Caroline Lavender, Joseph Azuolas, Elwyn Wishart
| ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Buruli ulcer (BU) occurs in >30 countries. The causative organism, Mycobacterium ulcerans, is acquired from the environment, but the exact mode of transmission is unknown. We investigated an outbreak of BU in a small coastal town in southeastern Australia and screened by PCR mosquitoes caught there. All cases of BU were confirmed by culture or PCR. Mosquitoes were trapped in multiple locations during a 26-month period.
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