There were 54 cases diagnosed over 16 years serving a catchment of 700,000 persons giving an incidence rate of 0.482 per 100,000 persons per annum and a prevalence of 0.01%. African ethnicity was dominant (83.3%) with the lower limb, trunk and upper limb being most commonly affected. There is a major need for better recording of data, staging and treating this disease in the Caribbean region.
Ramdass et al. (Thu,) studied this question.