A combined effort of 11 laboratories in the WHO African region to improve quality of Buruli ulcer PCR diagnosis: The "BU-LABNET".

• Main Authors: Estelle Marion (Author), Numfor Hycenth (Author), Sundeep Chaitanya Vedithi (Author), Marie Robbe-Saule (Author), Valérie Donkeng (Author), Line-Marlène Ganlonon (Author), Affolabi Dissou (Author), Solange Kakou Ngazoa (Author), Marie-Jose Kabedi (Author), Arsène Mabika Mabika (Author), Richard Phillips (Author), Michael Frimpong (Author), Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (Author), Vera Yatta Walker (Author), Olaoluwa Akinwale (Author), Maman Issaka (Author), Gisela Bretzel (Author), Kingsley Asiedu (Author), Sara Eyangoh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Buruli ulcer is one of the 20 neglected tropical diseases in the world. This necrotizing hypodermitis is a chronic debilitating disease caused by an environmental Mycobacterium ulcerans. At least 33 countries with tropical, subtropical and temperate climates have reported Buruli ulcer in African cou...