The Incubation Period of Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection)

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Trubiano, Jason A ^a,b   Lavender, Caroline J ^c,d   Fyfe, Janet A M ^c,d   Bittmann, Simone ^b   Johnson, Paul D R ^a,d,e  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Victorian Department of Health   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFANT; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887268763     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002463     Document Type: Review

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