Burden and Historical Trend of Buruli Ulcer Prevalence in Selected Communities along the Offin River of Ghana.

• Glavni autori: Kobina Assan Ampah (Autor), Prince Asare (Autor), Daniel De-Graft Binnah (Autor), Samuel Maccaulley (Autor), William Opare (Autor), Katharina Röltgen (Autor), Gerd Pluschke (Autor), Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected tropical skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans with more than two thirds of the global cases reported in West Africa. A nationwide active BU case search conducted in 1999 identified two health districts along the Offin River as two of the three most endemic d...