Question

You have gone on a mission trip to Ghana in West Africa to help build a new wing on a village clinic. While you're working, you notice that the physicians at the clinic are treating a lot of people with a mysterious illness th no one has seen before. One physician mentioned that he thought it mic be Buruli ulcer disease, which is caused by a bacterium and was last seei Chana in the 1980s. What kind of disease might this be?

Answer 1

This disease is likely Buruli ulcer disease, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans. It is a rare skin disease that can lead to severe ulcers, and was last seen in Ghana in the 1980s. It is important for the physicians at the clinic to properly diagnose and treat the disease to prevent it from spreading further.