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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.131501
Personal Author:
Phillips, Richard O. ; Frimpong, Michael ; Sarfo, Fred S. ; Kretschmer, Birte ; Beissner, Marcus ; ... More +
Phillips, Richard O. ; Frimpong, Michael ; Sarfo, Fred S. ; Kretschmer, Birte ; Beissner, Marcus ; Debrah, Alexander ; Ampem-Amoako, Yaw ; Abass, Kabiru M. ; Thompson, William ; Duah, Mabel Sarpong ; Abotsi, Justice ; Adjei, Ohene ; Fleischer, Bernhard ; Bretzel, Gisela ; Wansbrough-Jones, Mark ; Jacobsen, Marc Less -
Description:
During August 2010-December 2012, we conducted a study of patients in Ghana who had Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, and found that 23% were co-infected with Mansonella perstans nematodes; 13% of controls also had M. perstans infection. M. perstans co-infection should be considered in the diagnosis and treatment of Buruli ulcer.
Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Buruli Ulcer
Child
Coinfection
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Mansonella
Mansonelliasis
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium Ulcerans
Retrospective Studies

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 20(6):1000-1003.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Ghana
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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