![]() ![]() ![]() Once considered an exotic bacterial infection, Buruli ulcer has become an important public health problem in Victoria, with the state now considered one of the most endemic areas for the disease globally. Researchers have developed a surveillance system capable of detecting elevated risks of Buruli ulcer outbreaks in Victoria thanks to possum 'poo'-a breakthrough in the fight against the disease. The dashed blue circles represent geographical areas with higher rates of BU than would be expected if the risk of contracting BU was evenly distributed across the Peninsula. A gradient is used to illustrate BU case counts per mesh block. ![]() All Buruli ulcer (BU) patients notified to the Department of Health (DH) with an inferred exposure time that overlapped with the excreta survey organized during summer are tabulated here by mesh block. The dashed red circles represent significant (p<0.005) non-random clustering of IS2404 positive possum excreta identified with spatial scan statistics. The pink to purple color gradient visualizes inferred mycobacterial loads in analyzed excreta as estimated from IS2404 cycle thresholds. ![]() he distribution of points where possum excreta was sampled along a 200 m grid pattern is presented alongside with IS2404 molecular screening results. ulcerans in the Mornington Peninsula during the southern hemisphere's summer. ![]()
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