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- Title
Sero-epidemiology as a tool to screen populations for exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans.
- Authors
Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy; Röltgen, Katharina; Opare, William; Asan-Ampah, Kobina; Quenin-Fosu, Kwabena; Asante-Poku, Adwoa; Ampadu, Edwin; Fyfe, Janet; Koram, Kwadwo; Ahorlu, Collins; Pluschke, Gerd
- Abstract
Previous analyses of sera from a limited number of Ghanaian Buruli ulcer (BU) patients, their household contacts, individuals living in BU non-endemic regions as well as European controls have indicated that antibody responses to the M. ulcerans 18 kDa small heat shock protein (shsp) reflect exposure to this pathogen. Here, we have investigated to what extent inhabitants of regions in Ghana regarded as non-endemic for BU develop anti-18 kDa shsp antibody titers.
- Publication
PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 1, pe1460
- ISSN
1935-2735
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0001460