Individual and clinical variables associated with the risk of Buruli ulcer acquisition: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

• Main Authors: João Fevereiro (Author), Nikta Sajjadi (Author), Alexandra G Fraga (Author), Pedro M Teixeira (Author), Jorge Pedrosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing skin disease, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, with poorly understood acquisition risk factors. This review aims at evaluating the importance of individual-sex, age, family ties with history of BU, gene variants-and clinical-Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (B...