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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2024

A global chromoblastomycosis strategy and development of the global chromoblastomycosis working group.

Dallas J Smith, Flávio Queiroz-Telles, Fahafahantsoa Rapelanoro Rabenja, Roderick Hay, Alexandro Bonifaz, Marlous L Grijsen, Romain Blaizot, Fernando Messina, Yinggai Song, Shawn R Lockhart and 12 more

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Chromoblastomycosis: a case series from Sumba, eastern Indonesia.Clinical and experimental dermatology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Dallas J SmithMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5707-528X
Flávio Queiroz-TellesDepartment of Public Health, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Fahafahantsoa Rapelanoro RabenjaLARTIC Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Roderick HayKing's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Alexandro BonifazServicio de Dermatología, Hospital General de México "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Mexico City, Mexico.
Marlous L GrijsenOxford University Clinical Research Unit Indonesia, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Romain BlaizotDepartment of Dermatology, Andrée Rosemon Hospital, 97306 Cayenne, French Guiana.
Fernando MessinaUnidad Micología, Hospital de Enfermedades Infecciosas Francisco Javier Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hospital de Enfermedades Infecciosas Francisco Javier Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Yinggai SongDepartment of Dermatology, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing China.
Shawn R LockhartMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Alexander JordanMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Alyson M CavanaughMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Anastasia P LitvintsevaMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Tom ChillerMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Marco SchitoCritical Path Institute, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America.
Sybren de HoogRadboudumc/CWZ Center of Expertise in Mycology, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Vania Aparecida VicenteBasic Pathology Department, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.
Muriel CornetUniversité Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Daniel Argaw DagneDepartment of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Lala S RamarozatovoHôpital Universitaire Joseph Raseta Befelatanana, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Conceição de Maria Pedrozo E Silva de AzevedoDepartment of Medicine, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
Daniel Wagner C L SantosDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Maranhão, Brazil.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromoblastomycosis, an implantation mycosis, is a neglected tropical disease that causes decreased quality of life, stigma, and disability. The global burden of disease is unknown and data on disease epidemiology and outcomes are severely limited by a lack of access to needed diagnostic tools and therapeutics. The World Health Organization outlined targets for chromoblastomycosis in the Road Map for Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021-2030, but little progress has been made in initiating and implementing an effective control program globally. This lack of guiding policy and progress led to the recent formation of a Global Chromoblastomycosis Working Group which has developed a global chromoblastomycosis strategy. We describe this strategy, which outlines specific steps needed to improve technical progress, strategy and service delivery, and enablers. Clinicians, researchers, public and government officials, patients, and policy makers can align their time, expertise, and resources to improve the lives of communities affected by chromoblastomycosis through this strategy.

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ChromoblastomycosisGlobal HealthNeglected DiseasesHumansWorld Health Organization

Identifiers

PMID39405322
PMCPMC11478817

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