Decrease in Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in the Lalo District of Bénin (West Africa)

Autor: Esaï Gimatal Anagonou, Roch Christian Johnson, Yves Thierry Barogui, Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Gilbert Adjimon Ayelo, Akpeedje Carolle Wadagni, Jean Gabin Houezo, Didier Codjo Agossadou, Michel Boko

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)

Abstract Background Buruli ulcer (BU) is a chronic, necrotizing infectious skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. In recent years, there has been a decrease in the number of new cases detected. This study aimed to show the evolution of its di

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Report of a series of 82 cases of Buruli ulcer from Nigeria treated in Benin, from 2006 to 2016.

Autor: Gilbert Adjimon Ayelo, Esai Anagonou, Anita Carolle Wadagni, Yves Thierry Barogui, Ange Dodji Dossou, Jean Gabin Houezo, Julia Aguiar, Roch Christian Johnson, Raoul Saizonou, Kingsley Asiedu, Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 3, p e0006358 (2018)

Nigeria is one of the countries endemic for Buruli ulcer (BU) in West Africa but did not have a control programme until recently. As a result, BU patients often access treatment services in neighbouring Benin where dedicated health facilities have be

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Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical and Microbiological Signs in Patients With Skin Lesions Resembling Buruli Ulcer in an Endemic Region

Autor: Yves Thierry Barogui, William R. Faber, Luc Brun, Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Dissou Affolabi, Bouke C. de Jong, Annelies Van Rie, Miriam Eddyani, Marleen Boelaert, Jean Jacques Roux, Gilbert Adjimon Ayelo, Françoise Portaels

Publikováno v: Clinical infectious diseases

Background. The diagnosis of the neglected tropical skin and soft tissue disease Buruli ulcer (BU) is made on clinical and epidemiological grounds, after which treatment with BU-specific antibiotics is initiated empirically. Given the current decline

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https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy197

Improving clinical and epidemiological predictors of Buruli ulcer

Autor: Akpeedje Anita Carolle Wadagni, Yves Thierry Barogui, Miriam Eddyani, René Fiodessihoue, Ange Dodji Dossou, Gilbert Adjimon Ayelo, Epco Hasker, Françoise Portaels, Jean-Gabin Houezo, Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Dissou Affolabi, Didier Agossadou, Bouke C. de Jong

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 8, p e0006713 (2018)

Background Buruli ulcer (BU) is a chronic necrotizing infectious skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. The treatment with BU-specific antibiotics is initiated after clinical suspicion based on the WHO clinical and epidemiological criteria. T

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6095624

Global epidemiology of yaws: a systematic review

Autor: Kingsley Asiedu, Jürg Utzinger, Bernard Boua, Agana Nsiire, Wendy Houinei, Damas Obvala, Rita Djupuri, Fasiah Taleo, Camila González-Beiras, Zhang Zaixing, Earnest Njih Tabah, Quique Bassat, Oriol Mitjà, Gilbert Adjimon Ayelo, Yiragnima Kobara, Diby Jean Paul Konan, Michael Marks, Lasse S Vestergaard

Publikováno v: The Lancet Global Health, Vol 3, Iss 6, Pp e324-e331 (2015)
Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Dipòsit Digital de la UB
Universidad de Barcelona

BACKGROUND: To achieve yaws eradication, the use of the new WHO strategy of initial mass treatment with azithromycin and surveillance twice a year needs to be extended everywhere the disease occurs. However, the geographic scope of the disease is unk

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X1500011X