Factors enhancing the control of Buruli ulcer in the Bomfa communities, Ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 459-465

  Agbenorku, Pius ^a   Agbenorku, Margaret ^b   Amankwa, Adela ^b   Tuuli, Lawrence ^c   Saunderson, Paul ^d  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b Global Evangelical Mission Hospital   (Ghana)

^c Presbyterian Hospital   (South Korea)

^d American Leprosy Missions   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Biomedical approach; Buruli ulcer; Control; Psychosocial approach

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLISTIC CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURULI ULCER; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACILLI (CLASS);

EID: 79960312278     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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