Ecology and transmission of Buruli ulcer disease: a systematic review.

• Main Authors: Richard W Merritt (Author), Edward D Walker (Author), Pamela L C Small (Author), John R Wallace (Author), Paul D R Johnson (Author), M Eric Benbow (Author), Daniel A Boakye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Buruli ulcer is a neglected emerging disease that has recently been reported in some countries as the second most frequent mycobacterial disease in humans after tuberculosis. Cases have been reported from at least 32 countries in Africa (mainly west), Australia, Southeast Asia, China, Central and So...