Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Treatment and the Timeline of Buruli Ulcer Influence Pre-Hospital Delay Reported by Healthy Individuals

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Alferink, Marike ^a,b   van der Werf, Tjip S ^a   Sopoh, Ghislain E ^c   Agossadou, Didier C ^c   Barogui, Yves T ^c   Assouto, Frederic ^c   Agossadou, Chantal ^c   Stewart, Roy E ^a   Stienstra, Ymkje ^a   Ranchor, Adelita V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Programme de Lutte Contre la Lèpre et l'Ulcère de Buruli   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BURULI ULCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 84873496355     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002014     Document Type: Article

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