Epidemiology of buruli ulcer in amansie west district, ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 644-645

  Amofah, G K ^a   Adjei Acquah, C ^a   Sagoe Moses, C ^a   Frimpong, E H ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BCG VACCINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN ULCER; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG;

EID: 0027422025     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(93)90272-R     Document Type: Article

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