A new perspective on cutaneous leishmaniasis-Implications for global prevalence and burden of disease estimates
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
.
2017 Aug 10;11(8):e0005739.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005739.
eCollection 2017 Aug.
Authors
Freddie Bailey
1
2
,
Karina Mondragon-Shem
3
,
Peter Hotez
4
,
José Antonio Ruiz-Postigo
5
,
Waleed Al-Salem
6
,
Álvaro Acosta-Serrano
3
7
,
David H Molyneux
1
3
Affiliations
1
NTDs, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
2
University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
3
Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
4
National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
5
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
6
National Centre for Tropical Diseases, Saudi Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
7
Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
PMID:
28796782
PMCID:
PMC5552022
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0005739
No abstract available
Publication types
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
Cost of Illness*
Global Health*
Humans
Incidence
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / economics*
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / epidemiology*
Prevalence
World Health Organization
Grants and funding
001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International