Session 2 of the 3rd International Mycobacterium ulcerans Conference (IMUC-III)

This video is the recording of Session 2 'Reservoir and Transmission' of the 3rd International Mycobacterium ulcerans Conference (IMUC-III) held in November 2024.

The WHO Collaborating Centre Mycobacterium ulcerans, at the Doherty Institute in Melbourne, hosted the 3rd International Mycobacterium ulcerans Conference (IMUC-III), bringing together scientists, clinicians and public health professionals from 21 countries with a shared mission: to share knowledge, advocate and advance the fight against Buruli ulcer.

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00:00 SESSION 2 - Chaired by Prof Tim Stinear, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Doherty Institute, Australia, and Prof Rachel Simmonds, University of Surrey, UK
01:30 M. ulcerans transmission in southeastern Australia, Prof Paul Johnson, Austin Health & The University of Melbourne, Australia
22:10 M. ulcerans transmission in West Africa, A/Prof Lydia Mosi, University of Ghana, Ghana
42:04 A ringtail possum model for M. ulcerans infection, Dr Kim Blasdell, CSIRO, Australia
01:04:50 Understanding and controlling the vector in Victoria, Dr Véronique Paris, University of Melbourne, Australia
01:18:00 Why is Aedes notoscriptus the target of the “Beating Buruli”
project?, Dr Stacey Lynch, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, CSIRO, Australia
01:32:35 Mycolactone and Mosquito Oviposition; Insights into Transmission, Prof M. Eric Benbow, Michigan State University, USA