Mycobacterium ulceran. It is the name of the bacterium which proliferates in the south-east of Australia and which worries the population. And for good reason: she is responsible for Buruli ulcer, a infection chronic that affects the skin and sometimes the bones. This disease, of which we do not know the mode of transmission and which cannot be prevented, ends up creating necrosis. Since the start of the year, health authorities in Victoria, Australia, have recorded 159 cases Buruli ulcer, three times more than three years ago.
A petition signed by 11,000 people
It was Ella Crofts, 13, who alerted the population. The young Australian, who lives on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, began to have pain in her stomach. knee last April. Quickly, these pains turned into an open sore. She then underwent three operations as well as antibiotic treatment to treat the infection. But the young girl is still a carrier of the disease.
To move the lines, she launched a petition, calling on the federal and state governments to increase research into the disease. “Why are the numbers in the state of Victoria increasing so quickly? Why is the bacteria moving? It was prevalent in the Bellarine Peninsula, now it is in the Mornington Peninsula. Why is a bacteria mostly present in tropical Africa is found in the state of Victoria? We do not even know how it is spreading. Answers to these questions would help prevent a worsening of the epidemic “, explains Ella in her petition, already signed by more than 11 000 people. His voice seems to have been heard, as Greg Hunt, Australia’s Minister of Health, has promised intensify research on Buruli ulcer.
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