Table 1.

Reports of facial Buruli ulcer disease, 1966–2008^*

Year of report	Country	Study design	No. positive	%	Reference
1966	Uganda	Case series	1/38	2.6	Connor and Lunn24
1967	Papua New Guinea	Case report	2/13	15.4	Reid25
1970	DRC	Case series	19/93	20.4†	Smith26
1971	Uganda	Case series	30/164	18.3†	Barker27
1971	Uganda	Case series	39/220	17.7†	The Uganda Buruli Group28
1972	Uganda	Case series	27/539	5.0	Barker29
1974	DRC	Review	1/14	7.1	Meyers and others30
1976	Nigeria	Case report	1/22	4.5	Oluwasanmi and others31
1977	Cameroon	Case report	4/37	10.8†	Ravisse and others32
1989	Ghana	Case series	12/96	12.5	Van der Werf and others33
1993	Côte d'Ivoire	Case series	1/124	0.8	Darie and others34
1994	Benin	Case series	7/227	3.1	Josse and others35
1995	Ghana	Case series	1/26	3.8	Addo36
1996	Côte d'Ivoire	Review	1	NA	Aujoulat and others37
1997	Benin	Case series	23/867	2.7	Aguiar and others38
1998	Ghana	Case series	1/102	1.0	Asiedu and Etuaful39
1998	Burkina Faso	Case report	1/6	16.7	Ouoba and others40
2002	Ghana	Case series	219/5,770	3.8	Amofah and others41
2002	Togo	Case report	1‡	NA	Schierle and others42
2003	DRC and Angola	Case series	1/27	3.7	Kibadi and others43
2003	Côte d'Ivoire	Case series	2‡	NA	Ouatttara and others6
2003	Togo	Case series	7/160	4.4	James and others44
2004	Benin	Case series	58/1,700	3.4	Debacker and others9
2004	Cameroon	Cross-sectional	4/202	2.0	Noeske and others8
2005	DRC	Review	1	NA	Janssens and others5
2005	Ghana	Case series	32/748	4.3	Hospers and others45
2005	Ghana	Case-control	5/121	4.1	Raghunathan and others46
2007	Australia	Case series	1/79	1.3	Johnson and others47
2007	DRC	Case report	1‡	NA	Phanzu and others10
2007	Benin	Case series	19/2,598	0.7	Sopoh and others16
2007	Cameroon	Case-control	3/163	1.8	Pouillot and others48
2008	Côte d'Ivoire	Case series	8‡	NA	Kouame and others7

^*DRC = Democratic Republic of Congo; NA = not applicable.

^†Head, neck, and trunk combined.

^‡Number in specific or dedicated report of facial Buruli ulcer disease.