Mycobacterium Ulcerans Infection (Buruli Ulcer) in the Ga District of the Greater Accra Region.

dc.contributor.author	Addo, H.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-10-29T12:01:35Z
dc.date.available	2019-10-29T12:01:35Z
dc.date.issued	1995
dc.description	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.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	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ghanamedj.org/archives/GMJ%201995%20Vol%2029%20No%201/Mycobacterium%20ulcerans%20infection.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/33155
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Ghana Medical Journal	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	29;
dc.subject	Mycobacterium Ulcerans	en_US
dc.subject	epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Ga District	en_US
dc.subject	Buruli Ulcer	en_US
dc.title	Mycobacterium Ulcerans Infection (Buruli Ulcer) in the Ga District of the Greater Accra Region.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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