New Foci of Buruli Ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
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.
متن کاملBuruli Ulcer Disease in Republic of the Congo
1070 Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 20, No. 6, June 2014 rural southwestern United States (10) and a strain of pathogenic B. elizabethae, a bacteria that can cause human endocarditis, in the Huayllacallán Valley in Peru (3). Because most identified Bartonella spp. have been reported as infectious agents for humans, our results should prompt public health concern. However,...
متن کاملA rare large cutaneous ulcer from the rural area, Democratic Republic of Congo. What is the diagnosis: Buruli ulcer?
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, commonly called Buruli ulcer (BU), is a neglected and emergent tropical disease. Buruli ulcer is endemic in the rural wetlands of the tropical countries/regions of Africa, The Americas, Asia, and Australia but is uncommon in non-African countries. Infection with M. ulcerans often leads to extensive destruction of skin and soft tissue with the formation of large u...
متن کاملDemocratic Republic of Congo
Programme outcome: The IFRC 2010 support strategy and plan for the Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Red Cross of DRC) was based on the National Society’s (NS) 20092013 Strategic Development Plan and was designed to help the NS provide vulnerable communities with life-saving first aid, clean water and sanitation, health and hygiene promotion, HIV/AIDS support, sexual and gender bas...
متن کاملBurden of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer) and the Underreporting Ratio in the Territory of Songololo, Democratic Republic of Congo
BACKGROUND Cutaneous infection by Mycobacterium ulcerans, also known as Buruli ulcer (BU), represents the third most common mycobacterial disease in the world after tuberculosis and leprosy. Data on the burden of BU disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo are scanty. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence rate and the distribution of BU in the Songololo Territory, and to assess the cov...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1411.071649