Background:Leprosy is known to be unevenly distributed between and within *** risk areas or'hotspots'are potential targets for preventive interventions,but the underlying epidemiologic mechanisms that enable hotspots ...
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Background:Leprosy is known to be unevenly distributed between and within *** risk areas or'hotspots'are potential targets for preventive interventions,but the underlying epidemiologic mechanisms that enable hotspots to emerge,are not yet fully *** this study,we identified and characterized leprosy hotspots in Bangladesh,a country with one of the highest leprosy endemicity levels globally.
Background:Since the 1990s,evidence has accumulated of an increased prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasisendemic areas in Africa as compared to onchocerciasis-free *** the causal relationship between onchocerciasis...
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Background:Since the 1990s,evidence has accumulated of an increased prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasisendemic areas in Africa as compared to onchocerciasis-free *** the causal relationship between onchocerciasis and epilepsy has yet to be proven,there is likely an *** we discuss the need for disease burden estimates of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy(OAE),provide them,detail how such estimates should be refined,and discuss the socioeconomic impact of OAE,including a cost-estimate for anti-epileptic *** body:Providing OAE burden estimates may aid prevention of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas by inciting and informing collaboration between onchocerciasis control programmes and mental health *** not only massively impacts the health of those affected,but it also carries a high socioeconomic burden for the households and communities *** used previously published geospatial estimates of onchocerciasis in Africa and a separately published logistic regression model quantifying the association between onchocerciasis and epilepsy to estimate the number of OAE *** then applied disability weights for epilepsy to quantify the burden in terms of years of life lived with disability(YLD)and estimate the cost of *** estimate that in 2015 roughly 117000 people were affected by OAE across onchocerciasis-endemic areas previously under the African Programme for Onchocerciases control(APOC)mandate where OAE has ever been reported or suspected,and another 264000 persons in onchocerciasis-endemic areas where OAE has never been investigated *** total number of YLDs due to OAE was 39300 and 88700 in these areas respectively,based on a weighted mean disability weight of *** burden of OAE is approximately 13%of the total YLDs attributable to onchocerciasis and 10%of total YLDs attributable to *** estimated that by 2015 the total costs of treatment with antiepileptic drug for OAE cases wou
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