“It Is Me Who Endures but My Family That Suffers”: Social Isolation as a Consequence of the Household Cost Burden of Buruli Ulcer Free of Charge Hospital Treatment

Koen Peeters Grietens; Alphonse Um Boock; Hans Peeters; Susanna Hausmann-Muela; Elizabeth Toomer; Joan Muela Ribera

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000321

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“It Is Me Who Endures but My Family That Suffers”: Social Isolation as a Consequence of the Household Cost Burden of Buruli Ulcer Free of Charge Hospital Treatment

Koen Peeters Grietens,

Affiliations Partners for Applied Social Sciences|PASS International, Leuven, Belgium, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Alphonse Um Boock,

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Hans Peeters,

Affiliations Alphonse Um Boock, Aide aux Lépreux Emmaus-Suisse, Berne, Switzerland, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
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Susanna Hausmann-Muela,

Affiliation Partners for Applied Social Sciences|PASS International, Leuven, Belgium
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Elizabeth Toomer,

Affiliation Partners for Applied Social Sciences|PASS International, Leuven, Belgium
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Joan Muela Ribera

* E-mail: joanmuela@terra.es

Affiliation Partners for Applied Social Sciences|PASS International, Leuven, Belgium
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“It Is Me Who Endures but My Family That Suffers”: Social Isolation as a Consequence of the Household Cost Burden of Buruli Ulcer Free of Charge Hospital Treatment

Koen Peeters Grietens,
Alphonse Um Boock,
Hans Peeters,
Susanna Hausmann-Muela,
Elizabeth Toomer,
Joan Muela Ribera

Published: October 15, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000321

About the Authors

Koen Peeters Grietens

Affiliations Partners for Applied Social Sciences|PASS International, Leuven, Belgium, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Alphonse Um Boock

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Hans Peeters

Affiliations Alphonse Um Boock, Aide aux Lépreux Emmaus-Suisse, Berne, Switzerland, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium

Susanna Hausmann-Muela

Affiliation Partners for Applied Social Sciences|PASS International, Leuven, Belgium

Elizabeth Toomer

Affiliation Partners for Applied Social Sciences|PASS International, Leuven, Belgium

Joan Muela Ribera

* E-mail: joanmuela@terra.es

Affiliation Partners for Applied Social Sciences|PASS International, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KPG AUB SHM JMR. Performed the experiments: KPG ET. Analyzed the data: KPG HP SHM JMR. Wrote the paper: KPG SHM ET JMR. Involved in study design and the preparation of the manuscript: AUB.

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