New foci of Buruli ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo

We report 3 patients with laboratory-confirmed Buruli ulcer in Kafufu/Luremo, Angola, and Kasongo-Lunda, Democratic Republic of Congo. These villages are near the Kwango/Cuango River, which flows through both countries. Further investigation of artisanal alluvial mining as a risk factor for Buruli u...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kibadi, Kapay (author)
Outros Autores: Panda, Mbutu (author), Tamfum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe (author), Fraga, Alexandra Gabriel (author), Longatto, Adhemar (author), Anyo, Gladys (author), Pedrosa, Jorge (author), Nakazawa, Yoshinori (author), Suykerbuyk, Patrick (author), Meyers, Wayne M. (author), Portaels, Françoise (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2008
Assuntos:
Adolescent
Adult
Angola
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Biopsy
Buruli Ulcer
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diamond
Disease Reservoirs
Female
Humans
Male
Mining
Rifampin
Risk Factors
Rivers
Skin
Streptomycin
Treatment Outcome
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Science & Technology
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/61602
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/61602

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