Table 1.

Countries with published reports of Buruli ulcer cases including year of initial report and changes in numbers of cases reported over time

Country	Year cases first reported and reference	Year of peak disease cases reported to WHO 2002–2016	Peak number of cases reported to WHO in a year	2016 cases reported to WHO	Percentage change in 2016 from peak reported cases in a year
Angola	1960 [20]	NA	NA	NA	–
Australia	1940 [17]	2016	186	186	Peak
Benin	1977 [20]	2007	1203	312	−74%
Brazil	2007 [36]	NA	NA	NA	–
Burkina Faso	1998 [33]	NA	NA	NA	–
Cameroon	1973 [27]	2004	914	85	−91%
Central African Republic	2008 [18]	2008	3	NA	–
China	1997 [35]	NA	NA	NA	–
Congo	1966 [22]	2006	370	NA	–
Democratic Republic of Congo	1950 [19]	2004	487	175	−64%
Equatorial Guinea	1998 [20]	2005	3	NA	–
French Guiana	1969 [20]	2002	27 [38]	NA	–
Gabon	1968 [23]	2005	91	39	−57%
Ghana	1971 [26]	2006	1048	371	−65%
Guinea	1993 [20]	2006	279	72	–74
Indonesia (not confirmed)a	1960 [20]	NA	NA	NA	–
Ivory Coast	1980 [28]	2009	2679	376	−86%
Japan	1989 [30]	2011,2013	10	2	−80%
Kenya	2008 [37]	NA	NA	NA	–
Kiribati (not confirmed)	1987 [31]	NA	NA	NA	–
Liberia	1981 [29]	2015	105	NA	–
Malawi (not confirmed)a	2001 [20]	NA	NA	NA	–
Malaysia	1964 [25]	NA	NA	NA	–
Mexico	1953 [20]	NA	NA	NA	–
Nigeria	1967 [20]	2016	235	235	Peak
Papua New Guinea	1962 [24]	2004	31	16	–48
Peru	1969 [20]	NA	NA	NA	–
Sierra Leone	1975 [20]	2011	28	NA	–
South Sudan	2001 [20]	2002	568	NA	–
Sri Lanka (not confirmed)a	1992 [20]	NA	NA	NA	–
Suriname	1984 [32]	NA	NA	NA
Togo	1996 [34]	2004	800	83	−90%
Uganda	1958 [21]	2002	117	NA

^aThe presence of M. ulcerans was not microbiologically confirmed in this report.