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Buruli Ulcer. Stephen Shenigo. What do you know?. http://brendanomeara.com/?attachment_id=293. Buruli Ulcer was first Identified in 1897 by Sir Albert Cook.
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Buruli Ulcer Stephen Shenigo
What do you know? http://brendanomeara.com/?attachment_id=293
Buruli Ulcer was first Identified in 1897 by Sir Albert Cook http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/result.html?_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXFIRST_=7&_IXemailreal=true&_IXbox=28636&_IXSPFX_=templates%2Ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2Ft http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/uganda.html
It was described in detail in 1948 by Peter MacCallum http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/pacific/australia/ http://www.huu.unimelb.edu.au/university-history/150stories/maccallum.html
Mycobacterium ulcerans was identified in 1948 by Peter MacCallum http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/content/55/1/37.full http://www.huu.unimelb.edu.au/university-history/150stories/maccallum.html
Today the disease has been identified in 33 countries http://www.bvgh.org/Biopharmaceutical-Solutions/Global-Health-Primer/Diseases/cid/ViewDetails/ItemID/25.aspx
About half of the worldwide cases are in people under 15 <15 years Mean Med. Range Africa 48% 24 15 0.5–90 Australia 10% 50 62 1–96 Japan 19% 41 48 2–81 http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs199/en/
The disease starts as painless swelling on a particular area of the skin http://www.tropika.net/svc/news/20090415/Chinnock-20090415-News-Buruli-Conference
If left untreated this can turn into a full skin ulcer within 4 weeks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buruli_ulcer_hand_Nigeria.gif http://www.aifo.it/english/resources/online/courses/buruli/buruli12.htm
The disease itself does not necessarily kill people itself, but it does cause deformities http://factsanddetails.com/world.php?itemid=2153&catid=57&subcatid=381 http://www.leprosy.org/labi1
The way the disease is transmitted is still up for debate. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs199/en/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ringtail_possum
How does the disease work? http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/content/55/1/37.full http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mycolactone_2.png
Mycobacterium ulcerans emits mycolactone which destroys body tissues http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/content/55/1/37.full http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mycolactone_2.png
Buruli Ulcer is diagnosed using IS2404 PCR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction http://www.casestudiesforglobalhealth.org/post.cfm/vaccine-development-collaborations-strengthen-pandemic-safety-scientific-possibilities
Treatment of Buruli Ulcer can be approached two different ways,using antibiotics or surgery • http://education.technyou.edu.au/view/242/antibiotics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Healed_Buruli_ulcer_lesions.jpg
There is not yet a specific vaccine for Buruli Ulcer http://www.tbonline.info/galleries/image/2/ http://theintelhub.com/2011/04/23/top-government-vaccine-researcher-indicted-for-fraud-austism-research-now-in-question/
HIV coinfection and paradoxical reaction can further complicate the disease. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652003000300012 http://biology.kenyon.edu/slonc/gene-web/Lentiviral/Lentivi2.html
The WHO along with several local organizations are coming together to start to try to fight this disease http://www.ghanacurrentjobs.com/job-vacancy-for-consultants-at-ghana-health-service http://www.who.int/buruli/events/en/ http://www.truthalliance.net/Archive/ImageGallery/tabid/62/AlbumID/379-36/Default.aspx
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