Estimation of disability weight for paragonimiasis: a systematic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Paragonimiasis, caused by helminths of the genus Paragonimus spp., is a neglected tropical disease. Human suffering from paragonimiasis is often misunderstood and its quantification by the disability weight of the disability-adjusted life years largely varies in different global burden of disease (GBD) estimates. This paper is to systematically review clinical paragonimiasis cases and requantify the disability weight of human paragonimiasis.

Methods

A systematic analysis was conducted using articles from the following databases: PubMed, Institute for Scientific Information Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the Chinese scientific journal databases Wanfang Data and CQVIP, Africa Journal Online, and the System for Information on Grey Literature

SUBMITTER: Feng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196032 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature