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. 2007 May;13(5):782-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1305.070065.

Buruli ulcer, Nigeria

Okechukwu Chukwuekezie, Edwin Ampadu, Ghislain Sopoh, Ange Dossou, Alexandre Tiendrebeogo, Lola Sadiq, Françoise Portaels, Kingsley Asiedu

Buruli ulcer, Nigeria

Okechukwu Chukwuekezie et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 May.
No abstract available

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A typical Buruli ulcer in a 17-year-old boy identified during the assessment.
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