Clinical epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed Buruli ulcer in Benin: a cohort study

• Автори: Quentin B Vincent, MD (Автор), Marie-Françoise Ardant, MD (Автор), Ambroise Adeye, MD (Автор), Aimé Goundote, MD (Автор), Jean-Paul (Автор), Jane Cottin, PhD (Автор), Marie Kempf, PhD (Автор), Didier Agossadou, MD (Автор), Christian Johnson, MD (Автор), Laurent Abel, MD (Автор), Laurent Marsollier, PhD (Автор), Annick Chauty, MD (Автор), Dr. Alexandre Alcaïs, MD (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Elsevier, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, was identified as a neglected emerging infectious disease by WHO in 1998. Although Buruli ulcer is the third most common mycobacterial disease worldwide, understanding of the disease is incomplete. We analysed a large cohort of laboratory-c...