Surveillance system for Buruli ulcer in Benin: Results after four years;Mise en place d'un système de surveillance de l'ulcère de Buruli au Bénin: Point de 4 années de surveillance

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-13

  Johnson, Roch Christian ^a   Sopoh, G E ^b   Barogui, Y ^c   Dossou, A ^b   Fourn, L ^a   Zohoun, Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de l'Ulcère de Buruli CDTUB d'Allada   (Benin)

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

Author keywords

BU02 form; Epidemiological surveillance; Mycobacterium ulcerans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIN; BURULI ULCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENIN; BURULI ULCER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 51349165864     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/san.2008.0098     Document Type: Article

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