Buruli ulcer disease and its association with land cover in Southwestern Ghana

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Wu, Jianyong ^a   Tschakert, Petra ^a   Klutse, Erasmus ^b   Ferring, David ^c   Ricciardi, Vincent ^a   Hausermann, Heidi ^c   Oppong, Joseph ^d   Smithwick, Erica A H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; AGED; AGING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AGRICULTURE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934774688     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003840     Document Type: Article

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