Implementing active community-based surveillance-response system for Buruli ulcer early case detection and management in Ghana

Collins S. K. Ahorlu; Daniel Okyere; Edwin Ampadu

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006776

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Implementing active community-based surveillance-response system for Buruli ulcer early case detection and management in Ghana

Collins S. K. Ahorlu ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cahorlu@noguchi.ug.edu.gh

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8116-3984

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Daniel Okyere,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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Edwin Ampadu

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National BU Control Program, Ghana Health Service Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana
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Implementing active community-based surveillance-response system for Buruli ulcer early case detection and management in Ghana

Collins S. K. Ahorlu,
Daniel Okyere,
Edwin Ampadu

Published: September 12, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006776

About the Authors

Collins S. K. Ahorlu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cahorlu@noguchi.ug.edu.gh

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8116-3984

Daniel Okyere

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Edwin Ampadu

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National BU Control Program, Ghana Health Service Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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