Buruli ulcer disease prevalence in Benin, West Africa: associations with land use/cover and the identification of disease clusters

Tyler Wagner^1,2 , M Eric Benbow³ , Travis O Brenden¹ , Jiaguo Qi⁴ and R Christian Johnson⁵

¹Quantitative Fisheries Center, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

²U.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Pennsylvania State University, 402 Forest Resources Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, USA

³Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

⁴Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

⁵Programme National de lutte contre l'UB, Cotonou, Benin