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Integrated healthcare approach can curb the increasing cases of cryptococcosis in Africa

Cryptococcosis is a neglected tropical infection and a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in HIV–positive persons in Africa. Efforts to manage HIV infection have not had any significant impact on the fatalities due to cryptococcosis. An integrated healthcare approach that includes un...

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Autores principales: Ibe, Chibuike, Okoye, Chinonyelum Annette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9409514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36006867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010625
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description Cryptococcosis is a neglected tropical infection and a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in HIV–positive persons in Africa. Efforts to manage HIV infection have not had any significant impact on the fatalities due to cryptococcosis. An integrated healthcare approach that includes universal care coverage for Africans, expanded national care guidelines to include CrAg screening for vulnerable groups in all African countries, collaborative research, infection surveillance, and data sharing within Africa will mark a turnaround point.
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spelling pubmed-94095142022-08-26 Integrated healthcare approach can curb the increasing cases of cryptococcosis in Africa Ibe, Chibuike Okoye, Chinonyelum Annette PLoS Negl Trop Dis Viewpoints Cryptococcosis is a neglected tropical infection and a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in HIV–positive persons in Africa. Efforts to manage HIV infection have not had any significant impact on the fatalities due to cryptococcosis. An integrated healthcare approach that includes universal care coverage for Africans, expanded national care guidelines to include CrAg screening for vulnerable groups in all African countries, collaborative research, infection surveillance, and data sharing within Africa will mark a turnaround point. Public Library of Science 2022-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9409514/ /pubmed/36006867 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010625 Text en © 2022 Ibe, Okoye https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Integrated healthcare approach can curb the increasing cases of cryptococcosis in Africa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9409514/
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