Phillips, RO;
Frimpong, M;
Sarfo, FS;
Kretschmer, B;
Beissner, M;
Debrah, A;
Ampem-Amoako, Y;
Abass, KM;
Thompson, W;
Duah, MS;
et al.
Phillips, RO; Frimpong, M; Sarfo, FS; Kretschmer, B; Beissner, M; Debrah, A; Ampem-Amoako, Y; Abass, KM; Thompson, W; Duah, MS; Abotsi, J; Adjei, O; Fleischer, B; Bretzel, G; Wansbrough-Jones, M; Jacobsen, M
(2014)
Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 20 (6).
pp. 1000-1003.
ISSN 1080-6059
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.131501
SGUL Authors: Wansbrough-Jones, Mark Harding Phillips, Richard Frimpong, Michael
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Abstract
During August 2010-December 2012, we conducted a study of patients in Ghana who had Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, and found that 23% were co-infected with Mansonella perstans nematodes; 13% of controls also had M. perstans infection. M. perstans co-infection should be considered in the diagnosis and treatment of Buruli ulcer.
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| Additional Information: |
Emerging Infectious Diseases is published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a U.S. Government agency. Therefore, all materials published in Emerging Infectious Diseases are in the public domain and can be used without permission. Proper citation, however, is required. Made available with permission from the publisher. |
| Keywords: |
Buruli ulcer, Ghana, Mansonella perstans, Mycobacterium ulcerans, bacteria, co-infection, filariae, nematodes, parasites, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, IMMUNOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, MYCOBACTERIUM-ULCERANS, SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA, AQUATIC INSECTS, ONCHOCERCIASIS, MOSQUITOS, UGANDA, Microbiology, 1108 Medical Microbiology, 1117 Public Health And Health Services, 1103 Clinical Sciences |
| SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: |
Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII) |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: |
1080-6059 |
| Language: |
eng |
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| June 2014 | Published |
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| PubMed ID: |
24857346 |
| Web of Science ID: |
WOS:000336561600010 |
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| URI: |
https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/107253 |
| Publisher's version: |
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.131501 |
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