Africa is suffering from a silent, but costly, epidemic of fungal infections.
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Cryptococcal ceningitis is one of the main causes of death of people with HIV. The tests and medicines to diagnose and treat it exist but remain inaccessible to most. A global strategy is needed.
When people get sick, they often suspect bacteria and viruses as the cause. But now the CDC is asking physicians and patients to consider another culprit: fungi.
More than 250 000 patients at highest risk for cryptococcal meningitis but no symptoms will be screened in South Africa annually to reduce the number of deaths.
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Head: Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses, NICD, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Ph.D. Candidate. Graduate Research Assistant, University at Buffalo
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Neuroinfections Researcher, Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town
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Honorary Research Associate, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town