The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on AIDS-related mycoses and fungal neglected tropical diseases: Why should we worry?
| العنوان: | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on AIDS-related mycoses and fungal neglected tropical diseases: Why should we worry? |
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| المؤلفون: | Mohammad Taghi Hedayati, Sanaz Nargesi, Felix Bongomin |
| المصدر: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 2, p e0009092 (2021) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0301 basic medicine, Bacterial Diseases, Viral Diseases, Pulmonology, RC955-962, HIV Infections, Medical Conditions, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, Pandemic, Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine, Fungal Diseases, Neglected Diseases, Viewpoints, AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Neglected tropical diseases, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, medicine.medical_specialty, Tuberculosis, Death Rates, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, 030106 microbiology, Histoplasmosis, 03 medical and health sciences, Respiratory Disorders, Population Metrics, Diagnostic Medicine, Parasitic Diseases, Humans, Intensive care medicine, Mycosis, Population Biology, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Biology and Life Sciences, COVID-19, Covid 19, medicine.disease, Tropical Diseases, Malaria, 030104 developmental biology, Mycoses, Cryptococcosis, Respiratory Infections, business |
| الوصف: | The World Health Organization (WHO) considers mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis, and paracoccidioidomycosis to be fungal neglected tropical diseases (FNTDs). Depending on climatic, cultural, and economic contexts, these diseases have a similar geographical distribution as many other diseases, particularly tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, but are often less targeted by the national and many international healthcare systems. Another subgroup of fungal infections, such as candidiasis, cryptococcosis, pneumocystosis, histoplasmosis, and to a lesser extent, aspergillosis, are known as AIDS-related mycoses. Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been able to decrease the mortality rate of these diseases, particularly cryptococcosis, the disproportionately low distribution of funds to their diagnosis and treatment remains an obstacle in saving and improving the lives of patients affected. A new wave of viral diseases dubbed the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) hit the world at the end of 2019. Due to progressive symptoms and high mortality rates of COVID-19 compared to fungal infections, particularly the FNTDs, funding is currently allocated predominantly for diagnostic and therapeutic research on COVID-19. As a result, advances in FNTDs and AIDS-related mycosis care are considerably reduced. This paper explores the association between COVID-19, FNTDs, and AIDS-related mycoses with a predictive perspective. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1935-2735 1935-2727 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::c5d316e1793af53de7306c25fcda10b0 https://doaj.org/article/65b2eece75834543b87340b24bfbb01f |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....c5d316e1793af53de7306c25fcda10b0 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19352735 19352727 |
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