Haemophilus ducreyi: clinical features, epidemiology, and prospects for disease control.
Haemophilus ducreyi is the causative agent of the genital ulcer disease chancroid. Chancroid is common in developing countries and facilitates human immunodeficiency virus transmission. In this review, the clinical features, epidemiology, and prospects for disease control are discussed in the context of experimental and natural infection of humans.
D002602:Chancroid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D006191:Haemophilus ducreyi / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015231:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control