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Quality of life and stigma among persons affected by leprosy or buruli ulcer in Nigeria: a community-based cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Introduction Skin Neglected tropical diseases including leprosy and Buruli ulcer cause aesthetic and functional impairments due to late detection of the diseases.
Amaka Esmai-Onyima, Ngozi Ekeke, Ifeyinwa Ezenwosu, Edmund N. Ossai, Chinwe Eze, Francis Chinawa, Obiora Iteke, Precious Henry, Charles Nwafor, Ngozi Murphy-Okpala, Martin Njoku, Anthony O. Meka, Chukwuma Anyaike, Joseph N. Chukwu   +13 more
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A composite subunit vaccine confers full protection against Buruli ulcer disease in the mouse footpad model of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Buruli ulcer (BU) disease, a neglected necrotizing tropical skin infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy. Infections mostly occur in remote, rural areas of Central and West
Justice Kofi Boakye-Appiah, Andy C Tran, Matthew J Paul, Peter Hart, Richard O Phillips, Thomas S Harrison, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Rajko Reljic   +7 more
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Adequate wound care and use of bed nets as protective factors against Buruli Ulcer: results from a case control study in Cameroon.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011
BackgroundBuruli ulcer is an infectious disease involving the skin, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. Its exact transmission mechanism remains unknown. Several arguments indicate a possible role for insects in its transmission.
Jordi Landier, Pascal Boisier, Félix Fotso Piam, Blanbin Noumen-Djeunga, Joseph Simé, Fidèle Gaetan Wantong, Laurent Marsollier, Arnaud Fontanet, Sara Eyangoh   +8 more
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Multifocal Buruli Ulcer Associated with Secondary Infection in HIV Positive Patient

Case Reports in Medicine, 2013
Buruli ulcer is a chronic and infectious skin disease, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. It leads to large skin ulceration and sometimes bone infection which is responsible for deformities.
Kassi Komenan, Ecra J. Elidjé, Gbery P. Ildevert, Kouassi I. Yao, Kouame Kanga, Kouassi A. Kouamé, Sangaré Abdoulaye, Kourouma S. Hamdam, Yoboué P. Yao, Kanga Jean-Marie   +9 more
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Buruli Ulcer Distribution in Benin

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
To the Editor: Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, commonly called Buruli ulcer, is an emerging infectious disease in West Africa (1,2). Several forms of Buruli ulcer exist; large, chronic ulcerations or indurated plaques of the skin are the most frequent manifestations of the disease (1), and bone is sometimes involved (3). Little is known about the focal
Roch Christian Johnson, Michel Makoutodé, Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Pierre Elsen, Jules Gbovi, Lise Hélène Pouteau, Wayne M. Meyers, Michel Boko, Françoise Portaels   +8 more
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Buruli Ulcer in Ghana [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1997
Ernesto Montoro, Virginia Capó, María E. Rodríguez, Aroldo Ruíz, Alina Llop   +4 more
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Secondary bacterial isolates from previously untreated Buruli ulcer lesions and their antibiotic susceptibility patterns in Southern Nigeria

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION: Mycolactones, secreted by Mycobacterium ulcerans, were previously believed to prevent super infection in Buruli ulcer lesions. However, little is known about secondary bacterial infections in these lesions.
Moses Chibueze Anyim, Anthony Obiamaka Meka, Joseph Ngozi Chukwu, Charles Chukwunalu Nwafor, Daniel Chukwunweolu Oshi, Nelson Okechukwu Madichie, Ngozi Ekeke, Chukwuka Alphonsus, Obinna Mbah, Chinenye Nwaekpe, Martin Njoku, Dare Fakiyesi, Vitalis Ulodiaku, Ignatius Ejiofor, Adeniyi Hakeem Bisiriyu, Kingsley Nnanna Ukwaja   +15 more
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The burden of subclinical TB in Nigeria

Public Health Action
SETTING: This study is a retrospective review of a large-scale systematic TB screening project conducted in six states of Nigeria. OBJECTIVE: To determine the magnitude and characteristics of subclinical TB and the relative contributions of ...
B. Odume, C. Ogbudebe, Y. Mukadi, C. Dim, E. Chukwu, O. Chukwuogo, S. Useni, N. Nwokoye, M. Sheshi, D. Nongo, R. Eneogu, A. Ihesie, E. Ubochioma, C. Anyaike   +13 more
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Buruli ulcer.

Anais brasileiros de dermatologia, 2010
Buruli ulcer, an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is the third most prevalent mycobacteriosis, after tuberculosis and leprosy. This atypical mycobacteriosis has been reported in over 30 countries, mainly those with tropical and subtropical climates, but its epidemiology remains unclear.
Manuela, Boleira, Omar, Lupi, Linda, Lehman, Kingsley Bampoe, Asiedu, Ana Elisa, Kiszewski   +4 more
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Buruli ulcer. [PDF]

British medical journal, 1970
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