Risk factors for Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli Ulcer) in Togo ─ a case-control study in Zio and Yoto districts of the maritime region.

Issaka MamanTchadjobo TchacondoAbiba Banla KereEbekalisai PitenMarcus BeissnerYiragnima KobaraKomlan KossiKossi BadziklouFranz Xaver WiedemannKomi AmekuseGisela BretzelDamintoti Simplice Karou

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)

This study identified age, bathing with water from open borehole and receiving insect bites near a river as potential risk of acquiring BU infection in Zio and Yoto districts of the Maritime Region in south Togo.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
human health