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The estimated burden of fungal diseases in South Africa

Author(s) -

Ilan S. Schwartz,

David Denning

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of infection and public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.983

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1876-035X

pISSN - 1876-0341

DOI - 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.10.064

Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , geography

Fungal infections are common and diverse in South Africa (SA), driven in large part by the syndemics of HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and poverty. SA has the dubious distinctions of having the largest HIV epidemic,[1] one of the highest incidences of TB,[2] and – by some measures – the most socioeconomic inequity[3] in the world. Each of these conditions on its own or in combination can predispose individuals to fungal disease, but to our knowledge, the burden of such infections in SA has not previously been estimated.

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