Epidemiology and morbidity of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans (HrCLM): Results of a cohort study over a period of six months in a resource-poor community in Manaus, Brazil.

• Hoofdauteurs: Felix Reichert (Auteur), Daniel Pilger (Auteur), Angela Schuster (Auteur), Hannah Lesshafft (Auteur), Silas Guedes de Oliveira (Auteur), Ralf Ignatius (Auteur), Hermann Feldmeier (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans (HrCLM) is a neglected parasitic skin disease, widespread in resource-poor communities in tropical and subtropical countries. Incidence and risk factors have never been investigated in a cohort study. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:To understand th...