Global epidemiology of podoconiosis: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Podoconiosis is one of the few diseases that could potentially be eliminated within one generation. Nonetheless, the global distribution of the disease remains largely unknown. The global atlas of podoconiosis was conceived to define the epidemiology and distribution of podoconiosis through dedicated surveys and assembling the available epidemiological data.

Methods

We have synthesized the published literature on the epidemiology of podoconiosis. Through systematic searches in SCOPUS and MEDLINE from inception to February 14, 2018, we identified observational and population-based studies reporting podoconiosis. To establish existence of podoconiosis, we used case reports and presence data. For a study to be included in the prevalence synthesis, it needed to be a p

SUBMITTER: Deribe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5849362 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature