Burden of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer) and the Underreporting Ratio in the Territory of Songololo, Democratic Republic of Congo

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Mavinga Phanzu, Delphin ^a,b   Suykerbuyk, Patrick ^b   Saunderson, Paul ^c   Ngwala Lukanu, Philippe ^d   Masamba Minuku, Jean Bedel ^e   Imposo, Désiré Bofunga B ^a   Mbadu Diengidi, Blanchard ^a   Kayinua, Makanzu ^e   Tamfum Muyembe, Jean Jacques ^f   Tshindele Lutumba, Pascal ^f   de Jong, Bouke C ^b   Portaels, Françoise ^b   Boelaert, Marleen ^b  

^a General Reference Hospital of Kimpese   (Congo)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c American Leprosy Missions   (United States)

^d Central Office of the Rural Health Zone of Kimpese   (Congo)

^e Central Office of the Rural Health Zone of Nsona Mpangu   (Congo)

^f Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892737266     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002563     Document Type: Article

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