The following publications have been produced by researchers belonging to the Stop Buruli consortium.

Histopathological Changes and Clinical Responses of Buruli Ulcer Plaque Lesions during Chemotherapy: A Role for Surgical Removal of Necrotic Tissue?
Ruf MT, Sopoh GE, Brun LV, Dossou AD, Barogui YT, Johnson RC, Pluschke G.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis., Research Article, published 27 September 2011 | PMID: 21980547 | Free article

Secondary Buruli ulcer skin lesions emerging several months after completion ofchemotherapy: paradoxical reaction or evidence for immune protection?
Ruf MT, Chauty A, Adeye A, Ardant MF, Koussemou H, Johnson RC, Pluschke G.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis., Research Article, published 2 August 2011 | PMID: 21829740 | Free article

Combining PCR with Microscopy to Reduce Costs of Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer
Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Kobina Asan-Ampah, Emelia Danso Edwin Ampadu, and Gerd Pluschke
Am J Trop Med Hyg, Research article, published June  2011 | Read abstract

Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA not detected in faecal samples from Buruli Ulcer patients: Results of a pilot study

Fred Sarfo, Caroline Lavender, Janet Fyfe, Paul Johnson, Timothy Stinear, Phillips, Richard (2011)
PLoS ONE Research article, published 4 May 2011 | PMID: 21411582 | Free article

Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from Swab and Fine-Needle-Aspiration Specimens.

Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Emelia Danso, Kobina Ampah; Adwoa Asante-Poku, Zuliehatu Nakobu, Gerd Pluschke (2011)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology Bacteriology, article, published May 2011 | PMID: 21411582 | Free article

Buruli ulcer prevalence and altitude, Benin.

Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Roch Christian Johnson, Sévérin Y. Anagonou, Yves Thierry Barogui, Dodji Dossou, Jean Gabin Houézo, Delphin Mavingha Phanzu, Brice Hughes Tente, Wayne M. Meyers, Portaels.

Emerg Infect Dis., Letter, published January 2011 | PMID: 21192889 | Free article

Serological evaluation of Mycobacterium ulcerans antigens identified by comparative genomics.

Sacha J. Pidot, Jessica L. Porter, Laurent Marsollier, Annick Chauty, Florence Migot-Nabias, Cyril Badaut, Angèle Bénard, Marie-Therese Ruf, Torsten Seemann, Paul D. R. Johnson, John K. Davies, Grant A. Jenkin, Gerd Pluschke, Timothy P. Stinear

PLoS Negl Trop Dis., Research article, published 2 November | PMID: 21072233 | Free article

Ecology and Transmission of Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Systematic Review

Richard W. Merritt, Edward D. Walker, Pamela L. C. Small, John R. Wallace, Paul D. R. Johnson, M. Eric Benbow, Daniel A. Boakye

PLoS Negl Trop Dis., Review article, published 14 Dezember 2010 | PMID: 21179505 | Free article  

A Major Role for Mammals in the Ecology of Mycobacterium ulcerans

Janet A. M. Fyfe, Caroline J. Lavender, Kathrine A. Handasyde, Alistair R. Legione, Carolyn R. O'Brien, Timothy P. Stinear, Sacha J. Pidot, Torsten Seemann, M. Eric Benbow, John R. Wallace, Christina McCowan, and Paul D. R. Johnson

PLoS Negl Trop Dis., Research article, published 10 August 2010 | PMID: 20706592 | Free article

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing of Mycobacterium ulcerans Reveals Focal Transmission of Buruli Ulcer in a Highly Endemic Region of Ghana.

Katharina Röltgen, Weihong Qi, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Ernestina Mensah-Quainoo, Sacha J. Pidot, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P. Stinear, Michael Käser, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Gerd Pluschke 

PloS Negl Trop Dis., Research article, published 20 July 2010 | PMID: 20652033 | Free article

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

Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Yves Thierry Barogui, Roch Christian Johnson, Ange Dodji Dossou, Michel Makoutodé, Sévérin Y. Anagonou, Luc Kestens, Françoise Portaels

PloS Negl Trop Dis., Research article, published 13 July 2010 | PMID: 20644620 | Free article

Application of real-time PCR in Ghana, a Buruli ulcer-endemic country, confirms the presence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the environment.
Vandelannoote K, Durnez L, Amissah D, Gryseels S, Dodoo A, Yeboah S, Addo P, Eddyani M, Leirs H, Ablordey A, Portaels F.
FEMS Microbiol Lett., Research Letter, published March 2010| PMID: 20146745 | Read abstract

Genomic Diversity and Evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans Revealed by Next-Generation Sequencing.

Weihong Qi, Michael Käser, Katharina Röltgen, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Gerd Pluschke
PloS Pathog., Research article, published September 2009 | PMID: 19806175 | Free article

Fine-needle aspiration, an efficient sampling technique for bacteriological diagnosis of nonulcerative Buruli ulcer.

Eddyani M., Fraga A.G., Schmitt F., Uwizeye C., Fissette K., Johnson C., Aguiar J., Sopoh G., Barogui Y., Meyers W.M., Pedrosa J., Portaels F.
J Clin. Microbiol., Research article, published June 2009 | PMID: 19386847 | Free article

Immunosuppression and treatment-associated inflammatory response in patients with Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer).

Schütte D., Pluschke G.
Expert Opin Biol Ther., Review article, published in February 2009 | PMID: 19236249 | Read abstract

Single nucleotide polymorphisms on the road to strain differentiation in Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Käser M., Hauser J., Pluschke G.
J Clin Microbiol., Research article, published November 2009 | PMID: 19726608 | Free article

Lack of insertional-deletional polymorphism in a collection of Mycobacterium ulcerans isolates from Ghanaian Buruli ulcer patients.

Käser M., Gutmann O., Hauser J., Stinear T., Cole S., Yeboah-Manu D., Dernick G., Certa U., Pluschke G.
J Clin Microbiol., Research article, published November 2009 | PMID: 19726605 | Free article