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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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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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author | Ibe, Chibuike Okoye, Chinonyelum Annette |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Viewpoints Ibe, Chibuike Okoye, Chinonyelum Annette Integrated healthcare approach can curb the increasing cases of cryptococcosis in Africa |
title | Integrated healthcare approach can curb the increasing cases of cryptococcosis in Africa |
title_full | Integrated healthcare approach can curb the increasing cases of cryptococcosis in Africa |
title_fullStr | Integrated healthcare approach can curb the increasing cases of cryptococcosis in Africa |
title_full_unstemmed | Integrated healthcare approach can curb the increasing cases of cryptococcosis in Africa |
title_short | Integrated healthcare approach can curb the increasing cases of cryptococcosis in Africa |
title_sort | integrated healthcare approach can curb the increasing cases of cryptococcosis in africa |
topic | Viewpoints |
url | 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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