Buruli ulcer disease: prospects for a vaccine

Buruli ulcer disease (BUD), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a neglected bacterial infection of the poor in remote rural areas, mostly affecting children. BUD is a mutilating disease leading to severe disability; it is the third most common mycobacterial infection in immunocompetent people after...

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Main Author: Huygen, Kris (author)
Other Authors: Adjei, Ohene (author), Affolabi, Dissou (author), Bretzel, Gisela (author), Demangel, Caroline (author), Fleischer, Bernhard (author), Johnson, Roch Christian (author), Pedrosa, Jorge (author), Phanzu, Delphin M. (author), Phillips, Richard O. (author), Pluschke, Gerd (author), Siegmund, Vera (author), Singh, Mahavir (author), van der Werf, Tjip S. (author), Wansbrough-Jones, Mark (author), Portaels, Françoise (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Africa, Western
Bacterial Vaccines
Buruli Ulcer
Humans
Incidence
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Prevalence
Mycolactone toxin
Vaccine
Neglected diseases
Review
Ciências Médicas::Medicina Básica
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/67609
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/67609

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