Buruli ulcer in Ghana: Results of a national case search

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-170

  Amofah, George ^a,d   Bonsu, Frank ^a   Tetteh, Christopher ^a   Okrah, Jane ^a   Asamoa, Kwame ^a   Asiedu, Kingsley ^b   Addy, Jonathan ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d NONE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0036197338     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0802.010119     Document Type: Article

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