• Title of article

    Buruli ulcer: emerging from obscurity

  • Author/Authors

    Mark Wansbrough-Jones، نويسنده , , Richard Phillips Feynman، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    1849
  • To page
    1858
  • Abstract
    Buruli ulcer is a skin disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, which produces a potent toxin known as mycolactone, thus distinguishing itself from all other mycobacterial diseases. Mycolactone destroys cells in the subcutis, leading to th
  • Journal title
    The Lancet
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    The Lancet
  • Record number

    589748