Buruli-Krankheit
Verfasst: Fr 3. Apr 2009, 23:32
WEST AFRICA: Buruli disease still stumps researchers
COTONOU, 3 April 2009 (IRIN) - It starts as a painless lump, swelling or a hardened skin patch but if undetected and untreated can turn into a festering lesion and then permanent disability. Researchers are still stumped as to what causes the spread of Buruli ulcer, named for the city where the infection was first described in Uganda more than a century ago. In the face of unanswered questions about the oft-neglected disease, scientists and health officials at a World Health Organization (WHO) conference in one of the endemic countries, Benin, stressed prevention. Mehr....
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Buruli-Ulkus - eine noch immer fast unbekannte Krankheit
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COTONOU, 3 April 2009 (IRIN) - It starts as a painless lump, swelling or a hardened skin patch but if undetected and untreated can turn into a festering lesion and then permanent disability. Researchers are still stumped as to what causes the spread of Buruli ulcer, named for the city where the infection was first described in Uganda more than a century ago. In the face of unanswered questions about the oft-neglected disease, scientists and health officials at a World Health Organization (WHO) conference in one of the endemic countries, Benin, stressed prevention. Mehr....
Quelle:irinnews.org
Buruli-Ulkus - eine noch immer fast unbekannte Krankheit
http://www.msf.ch/News.29.0.html?&tx_tt ... a5fa879273
Quelle:msf.ch