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 u...

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Autores principales: Kibadi, Kapay, Panda, Mbutu, Tamfum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Fraga, Alexandra G., Filho, Adhemar Longatto, Anyo, Gladys, Pedrosa, Jorge, Nakazawa, Yoshinori, Suykerbuyk, Patrick, Meyers, Wayne M., Portaels, Françoise
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18976574
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1411.071649
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author Kibadi, Kapay
Panda, Mbutu
Tamfum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe
Fraga, Alexandra G.
Filho, Adhemar Longatto
Anyo, Gladys
Pedrosa, Jorge
Nakazawa, Yoshinori
Suykerbuyk, Patrick
Meyers, Wayne M.
Portaels, Françoise
author_facet Kibadi, Kapay
Panda, Mbutu
Tamfum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe
Fraga, Alexandra G.
Filho, Adhemar Longatto
Anyo, Gladys
Pedrosa, Jorge
Nakazawa, Yoshinori
Suykerbuyk, Patrick
Meyers, Wayne M.
Portaels, Françoise
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-26307292009-02-09 New Foci of Buruli Ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo Kibadi, Kapay Panda, Mbutu Tamfum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Fraga, Alexandra G. Filho, Adhemar Longatto Anyo, Gladys Pedrosa, Jorge Nakazawa, Yoshinori Suykerbuyk, Patrick Meyers, Wayne M. Portaels, Françoise Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2630729/ /pubmed/18976574 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1411.071649 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Kibadi, Kapay
Panda, Mbutu
Tamfum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe
Fraga, Alexandra G.
Filho, Adhemar Longatto
Anyo, Gladys
Pedrosa, Jorge
Nakazawa, Yoshinori
Suykerbuyk, Patrick
Meyers, Wayne M.
Portaels, Françoise
New Foci of Buruli Ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo
title New Foci of Buruli Ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full New Foci of Buruli Ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo
title_fullStr New Foci of Buruli Ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full_unstemmed New Foci of Buruli Ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo
title_short New Foci of Buruli Ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo
title_sort new foci of buruli ulcer, angola and democratic republic of congo
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18976574
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1411.071649
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