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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Short report: Clinical and molecular evidence for a case of Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection) in Kenya
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 81, No. 6, Year 2009
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Description
Mycobacterium ulcerans infection is an emerging disease that causes indolent, necrotizing skin lesions known as Buruli ulcer (BU) and occasional contiguous or metastatic bone lesions. Buruli ulcer is named after Buruli County in Uganda (east Africa), where an epidemic occurred in the 1960s.Today, BU is most common in central and west Africa. We describe clinical and molecular evidence for a case of BU in Kenya. Copyright © 2009 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Authors & Co-Authors
Walsh, Douglas S.
United States, Arlington
United States Army
Eyase, Fredrick Lunyagi
United States, Arlington
United States Army
Onyango, David Miruka
United States, Arlington
United States Army
Odindo, Alfred O.
United States, Arlington
United States Army
Otieno, Walter None
United States, Arlington
United States Army
Waitumbi, John Njenga
United States, Arlington
United States Army
Bulimo, Wallace Dimbuson
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Schnabel, David C.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Kenya, Nairobi
Walter Reed Project
Meyers, Wayne M.
United States, Arlington
United States Department of Defense
Portaels, Françoise Ç.Oise
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Statistics
Citations: 13
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0313
ISSN:
00029637
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Kenya
Uganda