Geographic Expansion of Buruli Ulcer Disease, Cameroon

Estelle Marion,Alphonse Umboock,Laurent Marsollier,Jacques Aubry,Noumen Djeunga,Sara Eyangoh,Philippe Le Gall,Pascal Boisier,Jordi Landier,Arnaud Fontanet

doi:10.3201/eid1703.091859

Abstract

Geographic Expansion of Buruli Ulcer Disease, Cameroon

Highlights

To the Editor: Buruli ulcer disease (BU) is a necrotizing skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans that affects mostly children in humid, tropical areas [1]
We report the identification of a new BU-endemic area in Cameroon, the Bankim district, and specify ecologic and clinical characteristics of M. ulcerans infection in this area
These characteristics hint at the possible role of environmental changes in the expansion of BU in this area

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Address for correspondence: Hasan Shojaei, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; email: hasanshojaei@ msn.com Geographic Expansion of Buruli Ulcer Disease, Cameroon To the Editor: Buruli ulcer disease (BU) is a necrotizing skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans that affects mostly children in humid, tropical areas [1].

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