Table 1. Environmental contact locations of laboratory confirmed BU patients tested for M. ulcerans DNA.
Patient ID | Village Water (VW) *** | Farm (F) *** | Farm Water (FW) *** | Distance Home – F (km) |
01 | VW01, VW02, VW03 | F not visited | FW01, FW02 | NA |
02 | VW04, VW05 | F01 | NA * | 0.63 |
03 | VW06, VW07 | F02 | FW03 | 12.14 |
04 | VW08, VW09 | F03 | FW04, FW05 | 14.31 |
05 | VW10, VW11 | F04 | FW06 | 5.62 |
06 | VW12#, VW13 | F05, F06 | FW07 | 7.54; 6.19 |
07 | VW14, VW15, VW16 | F07, F08 | NA * | 0.34; 0.65 |
08 | VW17 | F09 | FW08 | 0.69 |
09 | VW18, VW19 | F10 | FW09, FW10 | 3.03 |
10 | VW20, VW21 | F11 | FW11 | 2.27 |
11 | VW22 | F12 | FW12 | 1.08 |
12 | VW23, VW24 | F13, F14, F15 | FW13 | 5.37; 5.26; 1.40 |
13 | VW12#, VW13 | F16 | FW not visited | 2.87 |
14 | VW25 | F17 | FW14 | 1.57 |
15 | VW26 | F18 | FW15, FW16 | 3.20 |
16 | VW27, VW28 | F19 | FW17, FW18 | 11.96 |
17 | VW29 | F20 | FW19, FW20 | 3.51 |
18 | VW30 | F21 | FW21 | 0.55 |
19 | VW31# | F22 | FW22 | 12.62 |
20 | VW32 | F23 | NA * | 0 |
21 | VW not visited | F24 | FW23 | 0 |
22 | VW33 | F25, F26 | FW24 | 0.89;1.20 |
23 | VW34, VW35 | F27 | FW25 | 2.00 |
24 | VW36, VW37 | F not visited | FW not visited | NA |
25 | VW38 | F28 | FW not visited | 5.66 |
26 | VW39 | F29 | FW26, FW27 | 1.48 |
27 | VW40, VW41 | F30 | FW28, FW29 | 7.32 |
28 | VW42, VW43 | F31 | FW30, FW31, FW32, FW33 | 4.40 |
29 | VW44, VW45, VW46 | F32 ** | FW34 | 3.60 |
30 | VW47 | F33 | FW35 | 15.35 |
31 | VW48 | F34 | NA * | 0.30 |
32 | VW49 | F35 | NA * | 0.99 |
33 | VW50 | F36 | FW36 | 1.83 |
34 | VW12#, VW13 | F16 | FW not visited | 2.98 |
35 | VW51 | F37, F38 | NA * | 0.08; 0.21 |
36 | VW52, VW53 | F39 | NA * | 0.38 |
37 | VW54# | F40 | NA * | 0.24 |
38 | VW55 | F41 | FW37 | 1.31 |
39 | VW56, VW57 | F42 | NA * | 0.59 |
40 | VW58, VW59 | F43, F44 | FW38, FW39 | 1.13; 0.84 |
41 | VW52, VW53 | F45 | NA * | 0.79 |
42 | VW60 | F46 | NA * | 0 |
43 | VW61 | F47 | NA * | 0.02 |
44 | VW not visited | F48 | FW40, FW41, FW42 | 5.91 |
45 | VW62 | F49 | FW43 | 13.52 |
46 | VW48 | F50 | NA * | 0.17 |
NA: not applicable.
* Water carried to farm from home.
** Location not tested by real-time PCR.
*** VW, F and FW locations are individually numbered; locations which are shared between patients are identified by the same number.
Positive for M. ulcerans DNA.