W. Meyers

Most-cited papers

First Cultivation and Characterization of Mycobacterium ulcerans from the Environment
F. Portaels, W. Meyers, A. Ablordey, A. G. Castro +13 more
2008PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases218 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer) in Rural Hospital, Southern Benin, 1997–2001
M. Debacker, J. Aguiar, C. Steunou, C. Zinsou +5 more
2004Emerging Infectious Diseases160 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium ulcerans toxic macrolide, mycolactone modulates the host immune response and cellular location of M. ulcerans in vitro and in vivo
S. Adusumilli, A. Mve-Obiang, T. Sparer, W. Meyers +2 more
2005Cellular Microbiology143 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium bovis BCG Vaccination as Prophylaxis against Mycobacterium ulcerans Osteomyelitis in Buruli Ulcer Disease
F. Portaels, J. Aguiar, M. Debacker, A. Guédénon +3 more
2004Infection and Immunity134 citations Open access
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Risk Factors for Buruli Ulcer, Benin
M. Debacker, F. Portaels, J. Aguiar, C. Steunou +3 more
2006Emerging Infectious Diseases130 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: role of age and gender in incidence and morbidity
M. Debacker, J. Aguiar, C. Steunou, C. Zinsou +4 more
2004Tropical medicine & international health112 citations Open access
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Potential Role for Fish in Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer): an Environmental Study
M. Eddyani, D. Ofori-Adjei, G. Teugels, David De Weirdt +3 more
2004Applied and Environmental Microbiology109 citations Open access
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In Vitro Susceptibility of Mycobacterium ulcerans to Clarithromycin
F. Portaels, H. Traoré, K. De Ridder, W. Meyers
1998Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy105 citations Open access
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Evidence for an Intramacrophage Growth Phase of Mycobacterium ulcerans
E. Torrado, A. Fraga, A. G. Castro, P. Stragier +4 more
2006Infection and Immunity104 citations Open access
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Mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium genavense in birds kept in a zoo: 11-year survey
F. Portaels, Laurence Realini, L. Bauwens, B. Hirschel +2 more
1996Journal of Clinical Microbiology104 citations Open access
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Infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans Induces Persistent Inflammatory Responses in Mice
M. S. Oliveira, A. Fraga, E. Torrado, A. G. Castro +8 more
2005Infection and Immunity100 citations Open access
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Genotyping Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum by Using Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units
P. Stragier, A. Ablordey, W. Meyers, F. Portaels
2005Journal of Bacteriology92 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer): first reported patients in Togo
W. Meyers, N. Tignokpa, G. B. Priuli, F. Portaels
1996British Journal of Dermatology91 citations
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Buruli ulcer: Advances in understanding Mycobacterium ulcerans infection.
D. Walsh, F. Portaels, W. Meyers
2011Dermatologia clinica87 citations
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Immunosuppressive properties of the soluble toxin from Mycobacterium ulcerans.
M. Pimsler, Todd A. Sponsler, W. Meyers
1988Journal of Infectious Diseases81 citations
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Response to Treatment in a Prospective Cohort of Patients with Large Ulcerated Lesions Suspected to Be Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease)
K. Kibadi, M. Boelaert, A. Fraga, Makanzu Kayinua +8 more
2010PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases73 citations Open access
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Prophylactic Effect of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Vaccination against Osteomyelitis in Children with Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer)
F. Portaels, J. Aguiar, M. Debacker, C. Steunou +3 more
2002Clinical and Vaccine Immunology71 citations Open access
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Buruli ulcer: a systemic disease.
N. Pszolla, M. Sarkar, W. Strecker, P. Kern +3 more
2003Clinical Infectious Diseases70 citations
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First case of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) following a human bite.
M. Debacker, C. Zinsou, J. Aguiar, W. Meyers +1 more
2003Clinical Infectious Diseases62 citations
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Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection).
D. Walsh, F. Portaels, W. Meyers
2008Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene60 citations
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Buruli ulcer: an historical overview with updating to 2005
P. Janssens, S. Pattyn, W. Meyers, F. Portaels
200558 citations
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Effect of Oxygen on Growth of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the BACTEC System
J. Palomino, A. Obiang, Laurence Realini, W. Meyers +1 more
1998Journal of Clinical Microbiology58 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in a rural hospital in Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2002-2004.
D. Phanzu, Eric A Bafende, Barthelemy K Dunda, Désiré Bofunga B. Imposo +6 more
2006American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene57 citations
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Characterization of an Unusual Mycobacterium: a Possible Missing Link between Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium ulcerans
K. Chemlal, G. Huys, F. Laval, V. Vincent +7 more
2002Journal of Clinical Microbiology56 citations Open access
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Fine-Needle Aspiration, an Efficient Sampling Technique for Bacteriological Diagnosis of Nonulcerative Buruli Ulcer
M. Eddyani, A. Fraga, F. Schmitt, Cécile Uwizeye +8 more
2009Journal of Clinical Microbiology52 citations Open access
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Disseminated Mycobacterium ulcerans disease in an HIV-positive patient: a case study.
R. C. Johnson, D. Ifebe, Aristote Hans-Moévi, L. Kestens +4 more
2002AIDS (London)47 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium ulcerans Triggers T-Cell Immunity followed by Local and Regional but Not Systemic Immunosuppression
A. Fraga, A. Cruz, Teresa G. Martins, E. Torrado +7 more
2010Infection and Immunity46 citations Open access
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Borderline tuberculoid leprosy in a woman from the state of Georgia with armadillo exposure.
J. Lane, D. Walsh, W. Meyers, Mary Klassen-Fischer +2 more
2006Journal of American Academy of Dermatology39 citations
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High rates of apoptosis in human Mycobacterium ulcerans culture-positive buruli ulcer skin lesions.
D. Walsh, W. Meyers, F. Portaels, J. Lane +4 more
2005American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene39 citations Open access
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Recent advances in leprosy and Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection)
D. Walsh, F. Portaels, W. Meyers
2010Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases38 citations
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Buruli ulcer.
F. Portaels, Manuel T. Silva, W. Meyers
2009Clinical Dermatology38 citations
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Spontaneous Leprosy in a Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
G. Hubbard, D. R. Lee, J. Eichberg, B. Gormus +2 more
1991Veterinary Pathology-Supplement32 citations
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New Foci of Buruli Ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo
K. Kibadi, M. Panda, J. M. Tamfum, A. Fraga +7 more
2008Emerging Infectious Diseases31 citations Open access
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Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans to the nine-banded armadillo.
D. Walsh, W. Meyers, R. E. Krieg, G. P. Walsh
1999American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene31 citations
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Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in a child from angola: diagnosis by direct detection and culture
W. Bär, S. Rüsch-gerdes, E. Richter, G. Marquéz de Bär +6 more
1998Tropical medicine & international health29 citations
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Mycobacterium liflandii Infection in European Colony of Silurana tropicalis
P. Suykerbuyk, K. Vleminckx, F. Pasmans, P. Stragier +6 more
2007Emerging Infectious Diseases27 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer)
W. Meyers, F. Portaels
200627 citations
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A second sooty mangabey monkey with naturally acquired leprosy: first reported possible monkey-to-monkey transmission.
B. Gormus, R. Wolf, G. Baskin, S. Ohkawa +5 more
1988International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases26 citations
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Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) following human bite.
M. Debacker, C. Zinsou, J. Aguiar, W. Meyers +1 more
2002The Lancet25 citations
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Detection of Phospholipase C in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and Its Possible Role in Hemolytic Activity
Arley Gómez, A. Mve-Obiang, B. Vray, W. Rudnicka +5 more
2001Journal of Clinical Microbiology25 citations Open access
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Mycobacterial Infections of the Skin
W. Meyers
199525 citations
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Cervical lymphadenitis caused by a fastidious mycobacterium closely related to Mycobacterium genavense in an apparently immunocompetent woman: diagnosis by culture-free microbiological methods
L. Bosquée, E. Böttger, H. de Beenhouwer, P. Fonteyne +6 more
1995Journal of Clinical Microbiology23 citations Open access
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A serologic study of naturally acquired leprosy in chimpanzees.
B. Gormus, K.-Y. Xu, P. Alford, D. R. Lee +3 more
1991International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases23 citations
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Leprosy as a zoonosis: an update.
G. P. Walsh, W. Meyers, C. H. Binford, B. Gormus +3 more
1988Acta leprologica23 citations
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Buruli Ulcer Prevalence and Altitude, Benin
G. Sopoh, R. Johnson, S. Anagonou, Y. Barogui +6 more
2011Emerging Infectious Diseases21 citations Open access
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Serologic responses to Mycobacterium leprae-specific phenolic glycolipid-I antigen in sooty mangabey monkeys with experimental leprosy.
B. Gormus, D. K. Ohashi, S. Ohkawa, G. P. Walsh +3 more
1988International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases21 citations
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Extent, origin, and implications of observer variation in the histopathological diagnosis of suspected leprosy.
P. Fine, C. K. Job, Sebastian Lucas, W. Meyers +2 more
1993International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases20 citations
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Buruli Ulcer Lesions in HIV-Positive Patient
K. Kibadi, R. Colebunders, J. Muyembé-Tamfum, W. Meyers +1 more
2010Emerging Infectious Diseases19 citations Open access
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Clinical and histologic features of skin lesions in a cynomolgus monkey experimentally infected with mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) by intradermal inoculation.
D. Walsh, E. D. Dela Cruz, R. Abalos, E. Tan +3 more
2007American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene19 citations
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Topics on the Pathology of Protozoan and Invasive Arthropod Diseases
W. Meyers, A. Firpo, D. Wear
201118 citations Open access
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