What is it about?
Fungal infections are very common in Bangladesh. This article estimates the burden of different types of fungal infection in Bangladesh.
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Why is it important?
Life-threatening fungal infections are likely to rise in immunocompromised patients with diabetes mellitus, malignancy, organ and stem-cell transplantations, infections like HIV/AIDS and drugs like chemotherapeutic agents and glucocorticoids. We estimated the number of affected people from populations at risk and local epidemiological data.
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This page is a summary of: Burden of serious fungal infections in Bangladesh, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-017-2921-z.
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GAFFI (Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections)
This is a film produced by GAFFI, Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections (gaffi.org) to highlight the dangers of fungal Infections worldwide and a call for more research and access to anti-fungal medicines and testing. The film was produced to mark the first year of activities by GAFFI.
The burden of fungal disease: new evidence to show the scale of the problem across the globe
Press release on publication of papers estimating serious fungal infections in 14 countries.
Burden of serious fungal infections in Bangladesh
Open access articles available on GAFFI website.
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