Preferred Label : Buruli ulcer, susceptibility to;
Type : Phenotype, molecular basis known;
Alternative titles and symbols : Mycobacterium ulcerans, susceptibility to;
Description : Buruli ulcer is an infectious disease prevalent in many tropical and subtropical regions
caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. It is the third most frequent mycobacterial
disease in humans worldwide, after tuberculosis (607948) and leprosy (246300). Lesions
are most common on exposed parts of the body, especially the limbs. Buruli ulcer derives
its name from a county in Uganda, East Africa, north of Kampala, where the disease
was found in the late 1950s in hundreds of people living near marshes and riverine
areas near the Nile River (Clancey et al., 1961; Barker, 1971). The disease was first
described in the medical literature in 1948 in a report on patients in Australia (MacCallum
et al., 1948). Patients have also been reported from tropical areas in Latin America
and Asia (Stienstra et al., 2006; van der Werf et al., 2005).;
Prefixed ID : #610446;
Origin ID : 610446;
UMLS CUI : C1864868;
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