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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Buruli ulcer"”.
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Estimating Buruli Ulcer Prevalence in Southwestern Ghana
Mycobacterium ulcerans is sweeping across sub-Saharan Africa, but little is known about the mode of transmission and its natural reservoirs. Since the only effective treatment is excision of the infection and surrounding tissue, early diagnosis and treatment is the only way to reduce the havoc …
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Automatic Recognition of Buruli Ulcer Images on Smart Handheld Devices
Buruli ulcer (BU) disease is a devastating flesh eating bacterial infection that each year affects thousands of people in tropical and subtropical regions. Clinically, BU usually starts as a painless subcutaneous nodule, or as other pre-ulcer forms including papule, plaque, and edema; then it …
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Identifying biological and environmental indicators of emerging infectious diseases: the case of Buruli ulcer.
… life history of one such pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, in the hope that this data can be used to predict and prevent future outbreaks and can be applied to other emerging infections. The results of this study include the first identification of the pathogen …
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The Voice of people living with mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) disease: a grounded theory to understand the illness experience and support needs of people living with mycobacterium ulcerans disease in a rural district of central Ghana.
Mycobacterium Ulcerans (also known as Buruli Ulcer) is a rare skin disease which is prevalent in rural communities in the developing world mostly in Africa. Even though the mortality rate is low morbidity and consequent disabilities which affect the quality of life of sufferers is very high. If the …
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High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) Based Investigation of Small Molecule, Bioactive Secondary Metabolites as Probes in the Examination of Bacterial Resistance and Virulence
… 2 introduces the bacterium F tularensis and M ulcerans and details the MS based investigation of their secreted virulence factors. Chapter 3 introduces a human pathogen of particular concern, M tuberculosis, and contains a detailed reporting on the MS based investigation of internally …