A new perspective on cutaneous leishmaniasis-Implications for global prevalence and burden of disease estimates

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2017-08, Vol.11 (8), p.e0005739-e0005739
• Main Authors: Bailey, Freddie, Mondragon-Shem, Karina, Hotez, Peter, Ruiz-Postigo, José Antonio, Al-Salem, Waleed, Acosta-Serrano, Álvaro, Molyneux, David H
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Analysis; Biology; Care and treatment; Communicable diseases; Cost of Illness; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; Global Health; Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Humans; Incidence; Infections; Injuries; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - economics; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - epidemiology; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Morbidity; Organizations; Parasitic diseases; Parasitology; Patients; Prevalence; Public health; Quality of life; Scars; Stigma; Tropical climate; Tropical diseases; Vector-borne diseases; Viewpoints; World Health Organization
• ISSN: 1935-2735; 1935-2727; 1935-2735
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005739

About the Authors: Freddie Bailey Affiliations NTDs, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Karina Mondragon-Shem Affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom Peter Hotez Affiliation: National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America José Antonio Ruiz-Postigo Affiliation: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Waleed Al-Salem Affiliation: National Centre for Tropical Diseases, Saudi Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Álvaro Acosta-Serrano Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2576-7959 David H. Molyneux * E-mail: [e-mail] Affiliations NTDs, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United KingdomCitation: Bailey F, Mondragon-Shem K, Hotez P, Ruiz-Postigo JA, Al-Salem W, Acosta-Serrano Á, et al. [...]there is known to be a continuation of psychological morbidity with the scarring that ensues post CL infection (both treated and self-healing). [...]while both active and inactive forms of CL can be unsightly, the residual scar of inactive CL is hard to remove cosmetically, and thus in the vast majority of cases, scarring is permanent and lifelong. [...]there is a much greater number of “inactive” CL patients in the world than “active” cases.