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Volume 31, Number 3—March 2025
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Mycobacterium ulcerans in Possum Feces before Emergence in Humans, Australia

Bridgette J. McNamaraComments to Author , Jack Cornish, Kim R. Blasdell, Eugene Athan, Naomi E. Clarke, Tiffany Pe, Mohammad Akhtar Hussain, Michael Muleme, Ee Laine Tay, Michael Dunn, Victoria Boyd, Anjana Karawita, and Daniel P. O’Brien
Author affiliation: Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (B.J. McNamara, J. Cornish, E. Athan, N.E. Clarke, T. Pe, M.A. Hussain, M. Muleme, D.P. O'Brien); Centre for Innovation in Infectious Disease and Immunology Research, Geelong (B.J. McNamara, E. Athan, M.A. Hussain, M. Muleme, D.P. O'Brien); The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (B.J. McNamara, D.P. O'Brien); CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong (K.R. Blasdell, M. Dunn, V. Boyd, A. Karawita); Deakin University, Geelong (E. Athan, T. Pe, M.A. Hussain); Victoria Department of Health, Melbourne (E.L. Tay)

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Table 1

Cases and incidence of Buruli ulcer in a noncoastal urban area, Australia, 2011–2020*

Location
 2022 population†
 No. cases (no. per 100,000 patient-years)
2011–2013
 2014–2016
 2017–2019
 2020–2022
Geelong SA2
Belmont 14,829 3 (7.2) 0 (0.0) 9 (20.5) 24 (53.5)
Corio–Norlane 27,622 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (2.4) 0 (0.0)
Geelong 13,781 2 (5.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.5) 1 (2.4)
Geelong West–Hamlyn Heights 21,272 2 (3.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.1)
Grovedale 31,579 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (3.6) 4 (4.0)
Highton 23,869 3 (4.9) 1 (1.5) 1 (1.4) 12 (16.6)
Newcomb–Moolap 15,089 3 (6.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Newtown (Victoria.) 10,945 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.1) 6 (18.1)
North Geelong–Bell Park
 15,757
 0 (0.0)
 0 (0.0)
 0 (0.0)
 0 (0.0)
Bellarine and Surf Coast endemic SA2
Ocean Grove–Barwon Heads 29,382 45 (76.8) 28 (41.0) 37 (46.2) 47 (51.0)
Point Lonsdale–Queenscliff 4,746 38 (303.3) 20 (157.9) 7 (53.0) 21 (144.3)
Portarlington 8,541 0 (0.0) 5 (22.8) 4 (16.8) 4 (15.2)
Lorne–Angelsea‡ 5,615 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (37.1) 8 (46.8)

*Data presented are for regions of interest in SA2 of Geelong and other recognized Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast disease-endemic areas. Bold text indicates incidence >10 per 100,000 person-years. SA2, Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistical Area 2. †Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated resident population for 2020. ‡Includes Aireys Inlet, Angelsea, Lorne. Aireys Inlet, 7 cases since 2017; Anglesea, 5 cases since 2017.

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