Environmental and Behavioral Drivers of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Selected Communities along the Densu River Basin of Ghana: A Case-Control Study

The exact route of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU) (causative agent of Buruli ulcer [BU]), risk factors, and reservoir hosts are not clearly known, although it has been identified as an environmental pathogen. This study assessed potential environmental and behavioral risk factors that i...

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Autores principales: Aboagye, Samuel Yaw, Asare, Prince, Otchere, Isaac Darko, Koka, Eric, Mensah, George Ekow, Yirenya-Tawiah, Dzidzo, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5417198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28500810
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0749

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5417198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28500810
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0749

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