Abstract
Buruli ulcer in Liberia, 2012.
Highlights
In Liberia, 2 Buruli ulcer patients were reported in 1981 in the Foya region, along the Manor River basin; 4 more patients were observed in the same area in 1984 [5]
Some patients from Liberia have received treatment for Buruli ulcer in Côte d’Ivoire [6], and suspicious cases have been detected in some parts of Liberia since the end of a civil war in 2004
Buruli ulcer cases have been suspected in 3 counties of Liberia, Bong, Lofa, and Nimba; these regions share borders with the Buruli ulcer–endemic regions of Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea
Summary
Detection of a Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato relapsing-fever group spirochete from Ixodes pacificus in California. The mode of transmission is unknown, most cases of Buruli ulcer occur around swampy and riverine areas; children
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