Stigma, participation restriction and mental distress in patients affected by leprosy, cutaneous leishmaniasis and Chagas disease: a pilot study in two co-endemic regions of eastern Colombia

Abstract Background Leprosy, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and Chagas disease (CD) are neglected tropical diseases with a high psychosocial burden (PSB). These conditions are endemic in Norte de Santander and Arauca in Colombia, but data on the related PSB are scarce. Therefore, we assessed mental di...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020-07, Vol.114 (7), p.476-482
Hauptverfasser: Gómez, Libardo J, van Wijk, Robin, van Selm, Lena, Rivera, Alberto, Barbosa, Martha C, Parisi, Sandra, van Brakel, Wim H, Arevalo, Jofren, Quintero, William, Waltz, Mitzi, Puchner, Karl Philipp
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