Micronutrient-deficient diets and possible environmental enteric dysfunction in Buruli ulcer endemic communities in Ghana: Lower dietary diversity and reduced serum zinc and vitamin C implicate micronutrient status a possible susceptibility factor.

Micronutrient-deficient diets and possible environmental enteric dysfunction in Buruli ulcer endemic communities in Ghana: Lower dietary diversity and reduced serum zinc and vitamin C implicate micronutrient status a possible susceptibility factor.

<h4>Background</h4>The nutritional status of communities susceptible to Buruli ulcer (BU, a skin NTD caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans) remains almost completely obscure. We have assessed the diets of BU patients vs. controls from the same BU-endemic communities, and compar...

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Main Authors: Aloysius Dzigbordi Loglo, Philemon Boasiako Antwi, Kabiru Mohammed Abass, Samuel Osei-Mireku, George Amofa, Elizabeth Ofori, Jonathan Kofi Adjei, Michael Ntiamoah Oppong, Richard Odame Phillips, Reginald Annan, Barbara Engel, Rachel E Simmonds
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-03-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012871
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