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

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...

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Autores principales: Ampah, Kobina Assan, Asare, Prince, Binnah, Daniel De-Graft, Maccaulley, Samuel, Opare, William, Röltgen, Katharina, Pluschke, Gerd, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4831816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27078028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004603

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4831816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27078028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004603

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