Sero-epidemiology as a tool to screen populations for exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans.
BACKGROUND: Previous analyses of sera from a limited number of Ghanaian Buruli ulcer (BU) patients, their household contacts, individuals living in BU non-endemic regions as well as European controls have indicated that antibody responses to the M. ulcerans 18 kDa small heat shock protein (shsp) ref...
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Main Authors: | Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (Author), Katharina Röltgen (Author), William Opare (Author), Kobina Asan-Ampah (Author), Kwabena Quenin-Fosu (Author), Adwoa Asante-Poku (Author), Edwin Ampadu (Author), Janet Fyfe (Author), Kwadwo Koram (Author), Collins Ahorlu (Author), Gerd Pluschke (Author) |
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2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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