Buruli Ulcer

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Sciences & Technology

The breeding trap targeting Melbourne’s growing mozzie problem

A mosquito trap that could significantly reduce egg numbers may be the answer to controlling mosquito-borne diseases – like the Buruli ulcer – in Victoria

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Health & Medicine

Australia’s flesh-eating bug outbreak needs urgent research

A localised epidemic in temperate Australia of the rare tropical Buruli ulcer has exposed a major gap in scientific knowledge that needs filling – now

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Health & Medicine

The science behind Victoria’s “flesh-eating bacteria”

As the number of Buruli ulcer cases linked to Mycobacterium ulcerans continues to rise in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, we look at the science behind the spread of the microbe

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