Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Buruli Ulcer Prevalence and Altitude, Benin

Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Roch Christian Johnson, Séverin Yehouénou Anagonou, Yves Thierry Barogui, Ange Dodji Dossou, Jean Gabin Houézo, Delphin Mavingha Phanzu, Brice Hughes Tente, Wayne M. Meyers, and Françoise Portaels

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de l’Ulcère de Buruli d’Allada, Allada, Bénin (G.E. Sopoh, A.D. Dossou, J.G. Houezo); Programme National de Lutte Contre la Lèpre et l’Ulcère de Buruli, Cotonou, Bénin (R.C. Johnson); Laboratoire de Référence des Mycobactéries, Cotonou (S.Y. Anagonou); Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de l’Ulcère de Buruli de Lalo, Lalo, Bénin (Y.T. Barogui); Institut Médical Evangélique, Kimpese, Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (D.M. Phanzu); Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Bénin (B.H. Tente); Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA (W.M. Meyers); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (F. Portaels)

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Figure. Correlation between altitude and prevalence of Buruli ulcer for villages of the districts of Zê and Toffo in the Atlantique Department of Benin, 2005–2009.

Appendix. Figure. Correlation between altitude and prevalence of Buruli ulcer for villages of the districts of Zê and Toffo in the Atlantique Department of Benin, 2005–2009.

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