Effectiveness of routine BCG vaccination on buruli ulcer disease: a case-control study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Togo.

Autor: Phillips RO; Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Phanzu DM; Institut Médical Evangélique (IME) de Kimpese, Projet Ulcère de Buruli, Kimpese, Democratic Republic of the Congo., Beissner M; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany., Badziklou K; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Luzolo EK; Institut Médical Evangélique (IME) de Kimpese, Projet Ulcère de Buruli, Kimpese, Democratic Republic of the Congo., Sarfo FS; Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Halatoko WA; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Amoako Y; Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Frimpong M; Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Kabiru AM; Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana., Piten E; Centre Hospitalier Régional Maritime (CHR Maritime), Tsévié, Togo., Maman I; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Bidjada B; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Koba A; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Awoussi KS; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Kobara B; Programme National de Lutte contre l'Ulcère de Buruli - Lèpre et Pian (PNLUB-LP), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Nitschke J; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Togo office (DAHWT), Lomé, Togo., Wiedemann FX; German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Togo office (DAHWT), Lomé, Togo., Kere AB; Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo., Adjei O; Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Löscher T; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany., Fleischer B; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg, Germany., Bretzel G; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany., Herbinger KH; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.

Publikováno v: PLoS neglected tropical diseases [PLoS Negl Trop Dis] 2015 Jan 08; Vol. 9 (1), pp. e3457. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jan 08 (Print Publication: 2015).