Environmental and health-related risk factors for Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli Ulcer) in Benin

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 834-836

  Nackers, Fabienne ^b   Johnson, Roch C ^c   Glynn, Judith R ^d   Zinsou, Claude ^e   Tonglet, René ^g   Portaels, Françoise ^a,f  

^a Clos Chapelle aux champs 30/EPID3058 ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Benin)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Centre Sanitaire et Nutritionnel de Gbemonten   (Benin)

^f INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIN; BURULI ULCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; WOUND CARE; CHILD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENIN; BURULI ULCER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42949168656     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.834     Document Type: Article

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