Prevalence of Buruli ulcer in Akonolinga health district, Cameroon: results of a cross sectional survey.

• Main Authors: Klaudia Porten (Author), Karen Sailor (Author), Eric Comte (Author), Adelaide Njikap (Author), Agnes Sobry (Author), Francois Sihom (Author), Abanda Meva'a (Author), Sarah Eyangoh (Author), Mark Myatt (Author), Fabienne Nackers (Author), Rebecca F Grais (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a chronic, indolent necrotizing disease of the skin and underlying tissues caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, which may result in functional incapacity. In 2002, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a BU programme in Akonolinga Hospital, Cameroon, offering antibiot...