布鲁里溃疡由金氏分枝杆菌引起，通过蚊虫叮咬传播1。2025年维多利亚州已报告426例布鲁里溃疡病例1，新南威尔士州也发现6例，基因组分析表明这些病例来自独立疫情而非维多利亚州传入1。感染者需接受8周的抗生素治疗，愈合时间可能超过4个月1。
为应对疫情，维多利亚州研究人员开发了一种名为自动传播站的新型蚊虫控制方法1。该技术使用昆虫生长调节剂和特定昆虫真菌来控制蚊群数量1。澳洲家蚊（Aedes notoscriptus）是该病的主要传播媒介1。
试验结果表明其效果显著：部署8周后，处理区域的蚊卵数量比对照区域降低70%1，预测在感染高峰期，处理区域的布鲁里溃疡发病率比对照区域低83%1。
Buruli ulcer cases are surging across Australia's Victoria state and beyond, driven by infections caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans bacteria transmitted through mosquito bites 1. The condition is characterized by disfiguring skin lesions that require eight weeks of antibiotic treatment, with healing often extending beyond four months 1. Victoria reported 426 cases in 2025, while New South Wales documented six cases that genomic analysis determined originated from an independent outbreak rather than transmission from Victoria 1.
Researchers have developed an automated dissemination station to combat the outbreak, employing insect growth regulators and targeted entomopathogenic fungi to suppress mosquito populations 1. The Australian backyard mosquito (Aedes notoscriptus) serves as the primary vector for the disease 1. After eight weeks of deployment, the intervention reduced mosquito egg numbers in treated areas by 70 percent compared to control zones 1. During peak infection periods, treated areas demonstrated an 83 percent lower incidence of Buruli ulcer infections compared to control areas 1.
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