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Volume 25, Number 12—December 2019
Synopsis

Global Epidemiology of Buruli Ulcer, 2010–2017, and Analysis of 2014 WHO Programmatic Targets

Till F. OmansenComments to Author , Alfred Erbowor-Becksen, Rie Yotsu, Tjip S. van der Werf, Alexander Tiendrebeogo, Lise Grout, and Kingsley Asiedu
Author affiliations: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine and University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (T.F. Omansen); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (T.F. Omansen, A. Erbowor-Becksen, L. Grout, K. Asiedu); Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (A. Erbowor-Becksen); Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan (R. Yotsu); National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (R. Yotsu); University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (T.S. van der Werf); World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (A. Tiendrebeogo)

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Dynamics of Buruli ulcer epidemiology by cases reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2010–2017. A) Globally, reported cases declined over time, but the proportion of cases reported from WPRO increased. B) WPRO data show an increase in cases in Australia. C) In AFRO, cases drastically declined in Côte d’Ivoire but recently increased in other countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, and Liberia. D) Countries in AFRO that reported fewer cases overall showed stagnant or varying numbers. AFRO,

Figure 2. Dynamics of Buruli ulcer epidemiology by cases reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2010–2017. A) Globally, reported cases declined over time, but the proportion of cases reported from WPRO increased. B) WPRO data show an increase in cases in Australia. C) In AFRO, cases drastically declined in Côte d’Ivoire but recently increased in other countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, and Liberia. D) Countries in AFRO that reported fewer cases overall showed stagnant or varying numbers. AFRO, WHO African Region; WPRO, WHO Western Pacific Region.

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