Risk Factors for Buruli Ulcer Disease (Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection): Results from a Case-Control Study in Ghana
Clinical Infectious Diseases2005Vol. 40(10), pp. 1445–1453
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Pratima L. Raghunathan, Ellen A. Spotts Whitney, Kwame Asamoa, Ymkje Stienstra, Thomas H. Taylor, George Amofah, David Ofori‐Adjei, Karen M. Dobos, Jeannette Guarner, Sabrina Martín, Surya Prakash Pathak, Erasmus Klutse, Samuel Etuaful, Winette T.A. van der Graaf, Tjip S. van der Werf, Charles H. King, Jordan W. Tappero, David A. Ashford
Abstract
BUD is an environmentally acquired infection strongly associated with exposure to river areas. Exposed skin may facilitate transmission. Until transmission is better defined, control strategies in BUD-endemic areas could include covering exposed skin.
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