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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-07-01
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Series: | The Lancet Global Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X14702232 |