Adequate wound care and use of bed nets as protective factors against buruli ulcer: Results from a case control study in Cameroon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Landier, Jordi ^a,b   Boisier, Pascal ^a   Piam, Félix ^a   Noumen Djeunga, Blanbin ^c   Simé, Joseph ^c   Wantong, Fidèle Gaetan ^c   Marsollier, Laurent ^d   Fontanet, Arnaud ^b,e   Eyangoh, Sara ^a  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Hôpital de District de Bankim   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^e University of Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SOAP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED NET; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASSAVA; CHILD; CLIMATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WOUND CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISINFECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOSQUITO NETS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82555173737     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001392     Document Type: Article

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