Clinical epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed Buruli ulcer in Benin: a cohort study

Clinical epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed Buruli ulcer in Benin: a cohort study

Background: Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, was identified as a neglected emerging infectious disease by WHO in 1998. Although Buruli ulcer is the third most common mycobacterial disease worldwide, understanding of the disease is incomplete. We analysed a large cohort of laboratory-...

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Main Authors: Quentin B Vincent, MD, Marie-Françoise Ardant, MD, Ambroise Adeye, MD, Aimé Goundote, MD, Jean-Paul Saint-André, MD, Jane Cottin, PhD, Marie Kempf, PhD, Didier Agossadou, MD, Christian Johnson, MD, Laurent Abel, MD, Laurent Marsollier, PhD, Annick Chauty, MD, Dr. Alexandre Alcaïs, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-07-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X14702232

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