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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Henry, Ronnie
Description:
Named for Buruli County (now Nakasongola District), Uganda, where large numbers of cases were reported in the 1960s, Buruli ulcer (from the Latin ulcus, “sore”) is a cutaneous infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. This bacterium produces a unique toxin (mycolactone), which causes rapid and extensive skin ulceration that is relatively painless. Buruli ulcer was first described by Sir Albert Cook in 1897. However, in his book A Walk Across Africa, describing his participation in the 1860 expe- dition to find the source of the Nile River, Scottish explorer James Augustus Grant might have earlier described Buruli ulcer:
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Buruli Ulcer
Etymologia
Mycobacterium Ulcerans
Terminology As Topic

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 26(3):504
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC7045817
Document Type:
Journal Article
Name as Subject:
Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927 ; Grant, James Augustus ; MacCallum, Peter ; Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927 ; Grant, James Augustus ; ... More +
Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927 ; Grant, James Augustus ; MacCallum, Peter ; Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927 ; Grant, James Augustus ; MacCallum, Peter Less -
Genre:
Etymologia
Place as Subject:
Uganda
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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