Detection of mycobacterium ulcerans in the environment predicts prevalence of Buruli ulcer in Benin

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Williamson, Heather R ^a   Benbow, Mark E ^b   Campbell, Lindsay P ^c   Johnson, Christian R ^d   Sopoh, Ghislain ^e   Barogui, Yves ^e   Merritt, Richard W ^f   Small, Pamela L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d Fondation Raoul Follereau ^*  (Benin)

^e Buruli Ulcer Control Programme   (Benin)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIN; BURULI ULCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK; SAMPLING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BENIN; BURULI ULCER; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84856565324     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001506     Document Type: Article

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