David Barker, Buruli ulcer and the epidemiology of a neglected tropical disease
David Barker, Buruli ulcer and the epidemiology of a neglected tropical disease
In 1969, David Barker, his wife and four children moved to Uganda to work at Makerere Medical School in the capital Kampala. During the 1960s, Makerere had become a research and teaching centre with an international reputation based on the work of Trowell, Burkitt, Hutt and many others who had pioneered studies explaining the disease patterns in the West Nile area on the basis of the local climate, nutrition and lifestyle. David Barker was funded by the Medical Research Council to carry out research on a poorly understood disease, Buruli ulcer, joining Scottish surgeon Wilson Carswell, who was later to achieve fame as the role model for Dr Garrigan in Giles Foden's novel The Last King of Scotland.
Buruli Ulcer/epidemiology, History, 20th Century, Humans, Life Style, Mycobacterium ulcerans/isolation & purification, Neglected Diseases/epidemiology, Nutritional Status, Prevalence, Uganda/epidemiology, United Kingdom/epidemiology
425-427
Phillips, D I W
0294b4eb-9f6d-4033-ba65-9e245c96fdca
October 2015
Phillips, D I W
0294b4eb-9f6d-4033-ba65-9e245c96fdca
Phillips, D I W
(2015)
David Barker, Buruli ulcer and the epidemiology of a neglected tropical disease.
Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 6 (5), .
(doi:10.1017/S2040174415001178).
Abstract
In 1969, David Barker, his wife and four children moved to Uganda to work at Makerere Medical School in the capital Kampala. During the 1960s, Makerere had become a research and teaching centre with an international reputation based on the work of Trowell, Burkitt, Hutt and many others who had pioneered studies explaining the disease patterns in the West Nile area on the basis of the local climate, nutrition and lifestyle. David Barker was funded by the Medical Research Council to carry out research on a poorly understood disease, Buruli ulcer, joining Scottish surgeon Wilson Carswell, who was later to achieve fame as the role model for Dr Garrigan in Giles Foden's novel The Last King of Scotland.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 12 May 2015
Published date: October 2015
Keywords:
Buruli Ulcer/epidemiology, History, 20th Century, Humans, Life Style, Mycobacterium ulcerans/isolation & purification, Neglected Diseases/epidemiology, Nutritional Status, Prevalence, Uganda/epidemiology, United Kingdom/epidemiology
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ISSN: 2040-1744
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