Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) in French Guiana, South America, 1969–2013: an epidemiological study

Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) in French Guiana, South America, 1969–2013: an epidemiological study

Background: Mycobacterium ulcerans infection is the third most common mycobacterial disease in the world after tuberculosis and leprosy. To date, transmission pathways from its environmental reservoir to humans are still unknown. In South America, French Guiana has the highest reported number of M u...

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Main Authors: Maylis Douine, MD, Prof Rodolphe Gozlan, PhD, Prof Mathieu Nacher, PhD, Julie Dufour, MD, Yann Reynaud, PhD, Eric Elguero, PhD, Marine Combe, PhD, Camilla J Velvin, Christine Chevillon, PhD, Alain Berlioz-Arthaud, MD, Sylvain Labbé, MD, Dominique Sainte-Marie, MD, Jean-François Guégan, PhD, Roger Pradinaud, MD, Prof Pierre Couppié, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
Series:The Lancet Planetary Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519617300098

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