Buruli ulcer

Etymology
Named after a county of Uganda where important foci of the disease were studied.

Noun

 * 1)  A type of ulcer caused by the bacterium.
 * 2) * 2006, WHO Regional Office for Africa, The Health of the People: The African Regional Health Report,, 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.
 * 1) * 2006, WHO Regional Office for Africa, The Health of the People: The African Regional Health Report,, 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

 * Italian: ulcera del Buruli, ulcera del Bairnsdale, ulcera del Searle, ulcera del Daintree