01573nas a2200517   4500000000100000008004100001653000900042653001500051653001000066653001100076653001600087653001900103653001100122653001700133653003700150653001200187653002300199653001100222653001100233653000900244653001100253653002700264653001300291653001700304653001100321653000900332653001700341653002200358100001300380700001500393700001300408700001400421700001700435700001500452700001300467700001200480700001400492700002100506700001100527245007100538856008000609300001100689490000700700520033400707022001401041       2008                            d10aNTDs10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAngola10aAntibiotics10aAntitubercular10aBiopsy10aBuruli ulcer10aDemocratic Republic of the Congo10aDiamond10aDisease Reservoirs10aFemale10aHumans10aMale10aMining10aMycobacterium ulcerans10aRifampin10aRisk Factors10aRivers10aSkin10aStreptomycin10aTreatment Outcome1 aMeyers W1 aPortaels F1 aFraga AG1 aPedrosa J1 aSuykerbuyk P1 aNakazawa Y1 aKibadi K1 aPanda M1 aTamfum JM1 aLongatto Filho A1 aAnyo G00aNew foci of Buruli ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo.  uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630729/pdf/07-1649_finalD.pdf  a1790-20 v143 a<p>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.</p>
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