Volume 11, Number 4—April 2005
Research
Buruli Ulcer Recurrence, Benin
Martine Debacker*, Julia Aguiar†, Christian Steunou†, Claude Zinsou*†, Wayne M. Meyers‡, and Françoise Portaels*
Table 1
Visited villages and patients retrieved in 2 districts of the Zou region and 1 district of the Atlantique region
| Villages* | Atlantique |
Zou |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zè | Ouinhi | Zogbodomey | ||
| Total villages | 71 | 28 | 74 | 173 |
| Total BU-endemic villages, 1989–2001 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 70 |
| BU-endemic villages visited (%) | 11 (44.0) | 7 (33.3) | 6 (25.0) | 24 (34.3) |
| Total BU patients treated at CSNG, 1989–2001 | 118 | 419 | 170 | 707 |
| BU patients previously treated at CSNG, 1989–2001, in visited villages | 37 | 74 | 39 | 150 |
| BU patients followed-up in visited villages (% retrieved) | 25 (67.6) | 24 (32.4) | 17 (43.5) | 66 (44.0) |
*BU, Buruli ulcer; CSNG, Centre Sanitaire et Nutritionnel Gbemoten.
