Contributors
Rie Roselyne Yotsu:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-1912
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole:
VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Kouamé Kouadio: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administration
Bamba Vagamon: Role: InvestigationRole: Supervision
Konan N’guessan: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administration
Amari Jules Akpa: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: Resources
Aubin Yao: Role: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: Supervision
Julien Aké: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Validation
Rigobert Abbet Abbet: Role: SupervisionRole: Validation
Barbine Tchamba Agbor Agbor:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6161-6886
Role: Data curation
Roger Bedimo: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: SupervisionRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – review
& editing
Norihisa Ishii: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole:
ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
L. Claire Fuller: Role: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Roderick Hay: Role: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Oriol Mitjà: Role: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Henning Drechsler:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4026-9154
Role: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: Writing – review & editing
Kingsley Asiedu: Role: ConceptualizationRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – review &
editing
Joseph M. Vinetz: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosntds
Title:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Print):
1935-2727
ISSN
(Electronic):
1935-2735
Publication date
(Electronic):
17
May
2018
Publication date Collection:
May
2018
Volume: 12
Issue: 5
Electronic Location Identifier: e0006489
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Dermatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo,
Japan
[2
]
Department of Dermatology, National Suruga Sanatorium, Shizuoka, Japan
[3
]
Eco Epidemiology Unit, Pasteur Institute Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
[4
]
Raoul Follereau Institute Côte d’Ivoire, Adzopé, Côte d’Ivoire
[5
]
MAP International West Africa, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
[6
]
National Program for Leprosy Control (PNEL), Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene,
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
[7
]
Department of Medicine, VA North Texas Healthcare System, Dallas, Texas, United States
of America
[8
]
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Dallas Southwestern, Dallas,
Texas, United States of America
[9
]
Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
[10
]
International Foundation for Dermatology
[11
]
Dermatology Department, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
[12
]
Skin NTD Program, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clinic-University
of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
[13
]
Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
University of California San Diego School of Medicine, UNITED STATES
Author notes
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
[¤a]
Current address: Effect Hope, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
[¤b]
Current address: Cabinet of Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PNTD-D-17-02099
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006489
PMC ID: 5976208
PubMed ID: 29771976
SO-VID: 1830f3a1-f2e5-48fc-877f-ee7c6b08f4bd
License:
This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced,
distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any
lawful purpose. The work is made available under the
Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.
History
Date
received
: 4
January
2018
Date
accepted
: 2
May
2018
Page count
Figures: 5,
Tables: 3,
Pages: 18
Funding
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009619, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development;
Award ID: 16fk0108203j0002
Award Recipient
:
Norihisa Ishii
Funded by: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) (JP)
Award ID: 16K21656
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-1912
Rie Roselyne Yotsu
Funded by: National Center for Global Health and Medicine (JP)
Award ID: 26-120
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-1912
Rie Roselyne Yotsu
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009468, Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation;
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-1912
Rie Roselyne Yotsu
Funded by: Ohyama Health Foundation (JP)
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-1912
Rie Roselyne Yotsu
Funded by: St. Luke's Life Science (JP)
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-1912
Rie Roselyne Yotsu
This study was supported by the following: 1) Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation,
Japan (
http://www.smhf.or.jp/e/); 2) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research <KAKENHI>, Japan (
https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-grants/index.html), grant number: 16K21656; 3) National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan
(
http://www.ncgm.go.jp/100/010/index.html), grant number: 26-120; 4) Ohyama Health Foundation Inc, Japan (
http://ohfin.com); 5) St. Luke's Life Science Institute, Japan (
https://cce.luke.ac.jp/center/about/index.html); and 6) Research Program on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Japan
Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), Japan (
http://www.amed.go.jp/en/), grant number: 16fk0108203j0002. Funds 1)-5) were received by RRY and 6) by NI.
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to
publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Dermatology
Subject:
Skin Diseases
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Tropical Diseases
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Neglected Tropical Diseases
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People and Places
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Population Groupings
Subject:
Educational Status
Subject:
Schoolchildren
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Fungal Diseases
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Tinea
Subject:
Tinea Versicolor
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Social Sciences
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Sociology
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Education
Subject:
Schools
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Bacterial Diseases
Subject:
Leprosy
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Tropical Diseases
Subject:
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Subject:
Leprosy
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Population Groupings
Subject:
Age Groups
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Children
Subject:
People and Places
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Population Groupings
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Families
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Children
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Epidemiology
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