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Health-Related Quality of Life of Adults with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis at ALERT Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2023-03-01

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<h4>Background</h4> Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a growing public health threat in Ethiopia. Leishmania aethiopica is the predominant causative organism. Affected individuals develop chronic skin lesions on exposed parts of the body, mostly on the face, which are disfiguring and cause scarring. The effects of CL on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of affected individuals has not been formally assess...

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DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.26.23286484

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