Buruli ulcer surveillance, Benin, 2003-2005

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1374-1376

  Sopoh, Ghislain Emmanuel ^a,i   Johnson, Roch Christian ^b   Chauty, Annick ^c   Dossou, Ange Dodji ^a,d   Aguiar, Julia ^e   Salmon, Olivier ^f   Portaels, Françoise ^g   Asiedu, Kingsley ^h  

^a Centre de Depistage et de Traitement de l'Ulcere de Buruli   (Benin)

^b Programme National de Lutte Contre l'Ulcere de Buruli   (Benin)

^c Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de l'Ulcère de Buruli de Pobè   (Benin)

^d Centre de Depistage et de Traitement de l'Ulcere de Buruli de Lalo   (Benin)

^e Centre Sanitaire et Nutritionnel Gbemontin   (Benin)

^f Hôpital La Croix   (Benin)

^g INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ NONE   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIN; BURULI ULCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34848907402     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1309.061338     Document Type: Article

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