Volume 14, Number 11—November 2008

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New Foci of Buruli Ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo

Kapay Kibadi, Mbutu Panda, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Alexandra G. Fraga, Adhemar Longatto Filho, Gladys Anyo, Jorge Pedrosa, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Patrick Suykerbuyk, Wayne M. Meyers, and Françoise Portaels 

Author affiliations: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (K. Kibadi, G. Anyo, P. Suykerbuyk, F. Portaels); University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (K. Kibadi, M. Panda); Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa (K. Kibadi, J.-J. M. Tamfum); University of Minho, Braga, Portugal (A.G. Fraga, A.L. Filho, J. Pedrosa); University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA (Y. Nakazawa); Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA (W.M. Meyers);

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Figure. Locations in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (Kasongo-Lunda) and Angola (Kafufu/Luremo) where 3 patients with Buruli ulcer were detected.

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