Defining and targeting high-risk populations in Buruli ulcer

Jordi Landier (1, 2) , Arnaud Fontanet (3, 1) , Gaëtan Texier (4, 2)

1 Epidémiologie des Maladies Emergentes - Emerging Diseases Epidemiology
2 Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
3 CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM]
4 SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD - Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale

Health, Quentin Vincent and colleagues (July issue)1 analysed 1227 laboratoryconfirmed cases of Buruli ulcer and provided clinically relevant results such as an operational classifi cation of lesions. They reported unbalanced age and sex groups, as previously noted,2 and an over-representation of Buruli ulcer cases in children.

Keywords: populations; high-risk; Buruli; ulcer

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology

Jordi Landier, Arnaud Fontanet, Gaëtan Texier. Defining and targeting high-risk populations in Buruli ulcer. The Lancet global health, 2014, 2, pp.E629-E629. ⟨10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70311-0⟩. ⟨hal-01243538⟩