Experimental Alimentary Infection of Anole Lizards (Anolis carolinensis) with Mycobacterium Ulcerans

Leonard C. Marcus Massachusetts Department of Public Health, State Laboratory Institute, Mattapan Chronic Disease Hospital, Department of Health and Hospitals, Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130

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Kurt D. Stottmeier Massachusetts Department of Public Health, State Laboratory Institute, Mattapan Chronic Disease Hospital, Department of Health and Hospitals, Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130

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Richard H. Morrow Massachusetts Department of Public Health, State Laboratory Institute, Mattapan Chronic Disease Hospital, Department of Health and Hospitals, Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1976.25.630
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Volume 25: Issue 4
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630–632
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Pathogenic Mycobacterium ulcerans were recovered from the stool of anole lizards up to 11 days after inoculation by stomach tube. M. ulcerans was isolated from the liver of 3 of 20 lizards and acid fast bacteria were seen in the mucosa of intrahepatic bile ducts in 2 of these 10 weeks post-inoculation. These results provide equivocal support for our hypothesis that herpetofauna are a reservoir of infection with M. ulcerans.

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Copyright © 1976 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1976
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21 Feb 1976
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Jul 1976
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637

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