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SUBMITTER: Ampah KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4726553 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ampah Kobina Assan KA Nickel Beatrice B Asare Prince P Ross Amanda A De-Graft Daniel D Kerber Sarah S Spallek Ralf R Singh Mahavir M Pluschke Gerd G Yeboah-Manu Dorothy D Röltgen Katharina K
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20160125 1
The debilitating skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU) is caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. While various hypotheses on potential reservoirs and vectors of M. ulcerans exist, the mode of transmission has remained unclear. Epidemiological studies have indicated that children below the age of four are less exposed to the pathogen and at lower risk of developing BU than older children. In the present study we compared the age at which children begin to develop antibody responses against M. ...[more]