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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015

Buruli ulcer control in a highly endemic district in Ghana: role of community-based surveillance volunteers.

Kabiru Mohammed Abass, Tjip S van der Werf, Richard O Phillips, Fred S Sarfo, Justice Abotsi, Samuel Osei Mireku, William N Thompson, Kingsley Asiedu, Ymkje Stienstra, Sandor-Adrian Klis

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Kabiru Mohammed AbassAgogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana; Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Tjip S van der WerfAgogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana; Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Richard O PhillipsAgogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana; Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Fred S SarfoAgogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana; Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Justice AbotsiAgogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana; Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Samuel Osei MirekuAgogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana; Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
William N ThompsonAgogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana; Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Kingsley AsieduAgogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana; Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ymkje StienstraAgogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana; Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Sandor-Adrian KlisAgogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana; Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland s.klis@umcg.nl.
University Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/J01477X/1World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Buruli ulcer (BU) is an infectious skin disease that occurs mainly in West and Central Africa. It can lead to severe disability and stigma because of scarring and contractures. Effective treatment with antibiotics is available, but patients often report to the hospital too late to prevent surgery and the disabling consequences of the disease. In a highly endemic district in Ghana, intensified public health efforts, mainly revolving around training and motivating community-based surveillance volunteers (CBSVs), were implemented. As a result, 70% of cases were reported in the earliest-World Health Organization category I-stage of the disease, potentially minimizing the need for surgery. CBSVs referred more cases in total and more cases in the early stages of the disease than any other source. CBSVs are an important resource in the early detection of BU.

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Population SurveillanceVolunteersBuruli UlcerEndemic DiseasesGhanaHumans

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PMID25331802
PMCPMC4347364
OpenAlexW2323134181

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