Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 159-160 , March 2003

An outreach education and treatment project in Ghana for the early stage of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease

  • M.R.W. Evans

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr M. R. Evans, Room 638 B, Department of Health, Skipton House, 80 London Road, London SE1 6LH, UK
    • Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, UK
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
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  • R. Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, UK
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  • S.N. Etuaful

      Affiliations

    • St Martin's Hospital, Agroyesum, Amansie West District, Ghana, UK
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  • G. Amofah

      Affiliations

    • Regional Director, Ministry of Health, Kumasi, Ghana, UK
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  • J. Adomako

      Affiliations

    • St Martin's Hospital, Agroyesum, Amansie West District, Ghana, UK
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  • O. Adjei

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, UK
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  • J. Dennis-Antwi

      Affiliations

    • Kumasi Health Education Unit, Ministry of Health, Kumasi, Ghana, UK
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  • S.B. Lucas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histopathology, Guy's, King's and St Thomas's School of Medicine, London, UK
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  • M.H. Wansbrough-Jones

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK

Received 1 February 2002 ,Revised 23 September 2002 ,Accepted 24 September 2002.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 159-160 , March 2003

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