Buruli ulcer, Nigeria [3]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 782-783

  Chukwuekezie, Okechukwu ^a   Ampadu, Edwin ^b   Sopoh, Ghislain ^c   Dossou, Ange ^c   Tiendrebeogo, Alexandre ^d   Sadiq, Lola ^d   Portaels, Françoise ^e   Asiedu, Kingsley ^d  

^a Ministry of Federal Health Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^c Centre de Depistage et de Traitement de l Ulcer de Buruli d Allada   (Benin)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BURULI ULCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NIGERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34247855889     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1305.070065     Document Type: Letter

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