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| Title |
A quick and cost effective method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dziedzom K de Souza, Charles Quaye, Lydia Mosi, Phyllis Addo, Daniel A Boakye |
| Abstract |
Buruli ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, has been reported in over 30 countries worldwide and is highly endemic in rural West and Central Africa. The mode of transmission remains unknown and treatment is the only alternative to disease control. Early and effective treatment to prevent the morbid effects of the disease depends on early diagnosis; however, current diagnosis based on clinical presentation and microscopy has to be confirmed by PCR and other tests in reference laboratories. As such confirmed BU diagnosis is either late, inefficient, time consuming or very expensive, and there is the need for an early diagnosis tool at point of care facilities. In this paper we report on a simple, quick and inexpensive diagnostic test that could be used at point of care facilities, in resource-poor settings. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 84 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1 | 1% |
| Uganda | 1 | 1% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 81 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 22 | 26% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 12 | 14% |
| Unknown | 7 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 13% |
| Chemistry | 10 | 12% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 18% |
| Unknown | 10 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 April 2014.
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#6,749,220
of 22,661,413 outputs
Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#2,106
of 7,633 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#63,291
of 245,904 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#16
of 74 outputs
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