Buruli ulcer

== English == === Etymology === Named after a county of Uganda where important foci of the disease were studied. === Noun === Buruli ulcer (plural Buruli ulcers) (pathology) A type of ulcer caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans. 2006, WHO Regional Office for Africa, The Health of the People: The African Regional Health Report, World Health Organization, page 56, Neglected diseases — such as sleeping sickness, visceral leishmaniasis and Buruli ulcer — continue to take their toll in the African Region, but they no longer figure on the disease-control agenda of the developed world. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Mycobacterium ulcerans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia BCG vaccine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia