Local Heat Application for the Treatment of Buruli Ulcer: Results of a Phase II Open Label Single Center Non Comparative Clinical Trial.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on October 20, 2015

Authors

Moritz Vogel1, Pierre F Bayi2, Marie-Thérèse Ruf3, Martin W Bratschi3, Miriam Bolz3, Alphonse Um Boock2, Marcel Zwahlen4, Gerd Pluschke3, Thomas Junghanss1

Author Affiliations

1: Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany.
2: FAIRMED, Bureau Régional pour l'Afrique, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
3: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute University of Basel, Basel.
4: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland.

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