Quality of life of cutaneous leishmaniasis suspected patients in the Ecuadorian Pacific and Amazon regions: a cross sectional study

Quality of life of cutaneous leishmaniasis suspected patients in the Ecuadorian Pacific and Amazon regions: a cross sectional study

Abstract Background Yearly, up to 1 million patients worldwide suffer from cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). In Ecuador, CL affects an estimated 5000 patients annually. CL leads to reduced Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) as a result of stigma in the Asian and Mediterranean contexts, but research i...

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Main Authors: Jacob Machiel Bezemer, Manuel Calvopiña Hinojosa, Andrea Estefania Corral Zabala, Fernando Ortega Pérez, Veronica Cristina Vargas Román, Henk Dirk Frederik Herman Schallig, Henry John Christiaan de Vries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Leishmaniasis
Cutaneous
Quality of life
Time-to-treatment
Geographic locations
Ecuador
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07733-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07733-4

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