Volume 10, Number 8—August 2004
Research
Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli ulcer) in Rural Hospital, Southern Benin, 1997–2001
Table 2
Changes in number of Buruli ulcer patients in some districts of the Zou, Oueme, and Atlantique Regions, 1997–2001a
Region | District | 1997, N (DR) | 1998, N (DR) | 1999, N (DR) | 2000, N (DR) | 2001, N (DR) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zou | Abomey | 11 (13.9) | 12 (14.7) | 16 (19.0) | 10 (11.5) | 13 (14.6) |
Agbangnizoun | 15 (26.2) | 11 (18.6) | 22 (36.2) | 16 (25.5) | 22 (34.1) | |
Ouinhi | 73 (204.3) | 65 (176.6) | 53 (139.8) | 38 (97.3) | 32 (79.6) | |
Zagananado | 76 (185.9) | 68 (161.5) | 37 (85.3) | 41 (91.8) | 52 (113.0) | |
Zogbodomey | 18 (25.8) | 23 (32.0) | 32 (43.2) | 32 (42.0) | 25 (31.8) | |
Oueme | Adja-Ouere | 7 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 4 |
Bonou | 23 | 23 | 58 | 29 | 32 | |
Atlantique | Ze | 3 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 47 |
aDR, detection rate per 100,000 population.