Buruli Ulcer in Cameroon: The Development and Impact of the National Control Programme

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tabah, Earnest Njih ^a,b,c,d   Nsagha, Dickson Shey ^a   Bissek, Anne Cécile Zoung Kanyi ^d,e   Njamnshi, Alfred Kongnyu ^d,f   Bratschi, Martin W ^b,c   Pluschke, Gerd ^b,c   Um Boock, Alphonse ^f  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^e YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^f Regional Bureau for Africa of the FAIRMED Foundation   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MAPPING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIMB INJURY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961348293     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004224     Document Type: Article

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