Buruli ulcer disease in Cameroon rediscovered

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 520-526

  Noeske, Jürgen ^a   Kuaban, Christopher ^b   Rondini, Simona ^c   Sorlin, Philippe ^b   Ciaffi, Laura ^a   Mbuagbaw, Josephine ^b   Portaels, Françoise ^d   Pluschke, Gerd ^c  

^a Centre Pasteur du Cameroun ^*  (Cameroon)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ULCER;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 2442674098     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.520     Document Type: Article

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