Risk factors for Buruli ulcer: A case control study in Cameroon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Pouillot, Régis ^a   Matias, Gonçalo ^a,b   Wondje, Christelle Mbondji ^a   Portaels, François ^c   Valin, Nadia ^b   Ngos, François ^d   Njikap, Adelaïde ^e   Marsollier, Laurent ^f,g   Fontanet, Arnaud ^b   Eyangoh, Sara ^a  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Hôpital de District d'Akonolinga   (Cameroon)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^g Institute Pasteur Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BED NET; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLOTHING; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PLANT LEAF; PLANTATION; RISK FACTOR; TEXTILE WASHING; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 45149127533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000101     Document Type: Article

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