Mycobacterium Ulcerans Infection (Buruli Ulcer) in the Ga District of the Greater Accra Region.
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1995
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Ghana Medical Journal
Abstract
A study of 22 subjects affected by Mycobaaerium
ulcuans (Buruli Ulcer) in the Ga District of Greater
Accra Region of Ghana. bordering the rivers Densu
and Nsaki is presented. of these subjects 68.2%
were less than 15 years of age with a male to female
ratio of t .8: 1 and 63.6% were either pre-school or
school children. 72.7% of the subjects were first affected before the age of 10 years. The distribution of
the skin lesions involved the exposed skin areas in
86.4% of cases and contact cases were identified in
50% of the subjects. A complication of squamous
cell carcinoma was observed in one subject. The
possible modes of transmission arc discussed
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Mycobacterium Ulcerans, epidemiology, Ga District, Buruli Ulcer