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Confirming Autochthonous Buruli Ulcer Cases in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Published:2021-09-15 Issue:3 Volume:105 Page:627-629
ISSN:0002-9637
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Author:

Millogo Anselme¹²³⁴,Zingue Dezemon⁵,Bouam Amar¹³,Godreuil Sylvain²,Drancourt Michel¹³,Hammoudi Nassim¹³

Affiliation:

1. 1Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France;

2. 2Université de Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Ecologie, Génétique, Evolution et Contrôle, Montpellier, France;

3. 3Aix-Marseille-Univ., Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Microbes, Evolution, Phylogénie et Infection, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France;

4. 4Département des Laboratoires, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Souro Sanou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso;

5. 5Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Environmental Mycobacterium ulcerans causes a disabling skin disease called Buruli ulcer. Recent studies completed the knowledge of the evolving geographic extension and epidemiology of Buruli ulcer in West Africa, where Côte d’Ivoire is reporting the highest number of cases. We report seven polymerase chain reaction-documented patients in Burkina Faso, a neighboring country of Côte d’Ivoire, where previously Buruli ulcer cases were confirmed primarily using clinical arguments.

Publisher

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Subject

Virology,Infectious Diseases,Parasitology

Link

https://www.ajtmh.org/downloadpdf/journals/tpmd/105/3/article-p627.xml