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Pouillot, RégisMatias, Gonçalo
Wondje, Christelle Mbondji
Portaels, Françoise
Valin, Nadia
Ngos, François
Njikap, Adelaïde
Marsollier, Laurent
Fontanet, Arnaud
Eyangoh, Sara
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Laboratoire d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Unite´ d’Epide´miologie des Maladies Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Laboratoire des Mycobacte´ ries, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaounde , Cameroon; Mycobacterium Unit, Institute of Tropical Medecine, Antwerp, Belgium; Hopital de District d’Akonolinga, Ministere de la Sante Publique, Yaounde, Cameroon; Medecins Sans Frontieres-Suisse, Yaounde, Cameroon; Groupe d’Etude des Interactions Hotes Parasites, Universite d Angers, Angers, France; Equipe Avenir Institut National de la Sante´ et de la Recherche Me´ dicale, Institut Pasteur Korea, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, KoreaIssue Date
2007-12-19
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PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesAbstract
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer is an infectious disease involving the skin, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. This disease is associated with areas where the water is slow-flowing or stagnant. However, the exact mechanism of transmission of the bacillus and the development of the disease through human activities is unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A case-control study to identify Buruli ulcer risk factors in Cameroon compared case-patients with community-matched controls on one hand and family-matched controls on the other hand. Risk factors identified by the community-matched study (including 163 pairs) were: having a low level of education, swamp wading, wearing short, lower-body clothing while farming, living near a cocoa plantation or woods, using adhesive bandages when hurt, and using mosquito coils. Protective factors were: using bed nets, washing clothes, and using leaves as traditional treatment or rubbing alcohol when hurt. The family-matched study (including 118 pairs) corroborated the significance of education level, use of bed nets, and treatment with leaves. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Covering limbs during farming activities is confirmed as a protective factor guarding against Buruli ulcer disease, but newly identified factors including wound treatment and use of bed nets may provide new insight into the unknown mode of transmission of M. ulcerans or the development of the disease.PubMed ID
18160977Type
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1935-2735ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pntd.0000101
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