Late onset of the serological response against the 18 kDa small heat shock protein of Mycobacterium ulcerans in children.

• প্রধান লেখক: Katharina Röltgen (লেখক), Martin W Bratschi (লেখক), Amanda Ross (লেখক), Samuel Y Aboagye (লেখক), Kobina A Ampah (লেখক), Miriam Bolz (লেখক), Arianna Andreoli (লেখক), James Pritchard (লেখক), Jacques C Minyem (লেখক), Djeunga Noumen (লেখক), Eric Koka (লেখক), Alphonse Um Boock (লেখক), Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (লেখক), Gerd Pluschke (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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A previous survey for clinical cases of Buruli ulcer (BU) in the Mapé Basin of Cameroon suggested that, compared to older age groups, very young children may be less exposed to Mycobacterium ulcerans. Here we determined serum IgG titres against the 18 kDa small heat shock protein (shsp) of M. ulcer...