New foci of Buruli ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo.
We report 3 patients with laboratory-confirmed Buruli ulcer in Kafufu/Luremo, Angola, and Kasongo-Lunda, Democratic Republic of Congo. These villages are near the Kwango/Cuango River, which flows through both countries. Further investigation of artisanal alluvial mining as a risk factor for Buruli ulcer is recommended.
Kibadi
Kapay
K
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Panda
Mbutu
M
Tamfum
Jean-Jacques Muyembe
JJ
Fraga
Alexandra G
AG
Longatto Filho
Adhemar
A
Anyo
Gladys
G
Pedrosa
Jorge
J
Nakazawa
Yoshinori
Y
Suykerbuyk
Patrick
P
Meyers
Wayne M
WM
Portaels
Françoise
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000810:Angola / Q000453:epidemiology; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D054312:Buruli Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D018130:Diamond; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008906:Mining; D019911:Mycobacterium ulcerans; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors; D045483:Rivers; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D018130:Diamond; D012293:Rifampin; D013307:Streptomycin