Buruli Ulcer and HIV Coinfection: Cases in Togo
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Laboratory Confirmation of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo, 2007–2010
BACKGROUND Since the early 1990s more than 1,800 patients with lesions suspicious for Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) have been reported from Togo. However, less than five percent of these were laboratory confirmed. Since 2007, the Togolese National Buruli Ulcer Control Program has been supported by the German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW). Collaboration with the Department for ...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of AIDS
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2160-8814,2160-8822
DOI: 10.4236/wja.2020.103014