Sero-epidemiology as a tool to screen populations for exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans.

Sero-epidemiology as a tool to screen populations for exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans.

BACKGROUND: Previous analyses of sera from a limited number of Ghanaian Buruli ulcer (BU) patients, their household contacts, individuals living in BU non-endemic regions as well as European controls have indicated that antibody responses to the M. ulcerans 18 kDa small heat shock protein (shsp) ref...

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Main Authors: Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Katharina Röltgen, William Opare, Kobina Asan-Ampah, Kwabena Quenin-Fosu, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Edwin Ampadu, Janet Fyfe, Kwadwo Koram, Collins Ahorlu, Gerd Pluschke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3254650?pdf=render

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