Etymologia: Buruli Ulcer
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Etymologia: Buruli Ulcer
  • Published Date:

    March 2020

  • Source:
    Emerg Infect Dis. 26(3):504
  • Language:
    English
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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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  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC7045817
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
    Uganda
  • Collection(s):
    Emerging Infectious Diseases
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