Garchitorena Andres auteur aut IRD Ngonghala C. N. auteur aut IRD Guégan Jean-François auteur aut IRD Texier G. auteur aut IRD Bellanger M. auteur aut IRD Bonds M. auteur aut IRD Roche Benjamin auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have received increasing attention in recent years by the global heath community, as they cumulatively constitute substantial burdens of disease as well as barriers for economic development. A number of common tropical diseases such as malaria, hookworm or schistosomiasis have well-documented economic impacts. However, much less is known about the population-level impacts of diseases that are rare but associated with high disability burden, which represent a great number of tropical diseases. Using an individual-based model of Buruli ulcer (BU), we demonstrate that, through feedbacks between health and economic status, such NTDs can have a significant impact on the economic structure of human populations even at low incidence levels. While average wealth is only marginally affected by BU, the economic conditions of certain subpopulations are impacted sufficiently to create changes in measurable population-level inequality. A reduction of the disability burden caused by BU can thus maximize the economic growth of the poorest subpopulations and reduce significantly the economic inequalities introduced by the disease in endemic regions. specialized neglected tropical diseases coupled ecological-economic systems individual-based model AFRIQUE ZONE SUBSAHARIENNE 052 056 020 282 1818 art. 20151426 [9 p.] 2015 0962-8452 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065454 10.1098/rspb.2015.1426 0962-8452 [F B010065454] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065454 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2015/12/010065454.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2016-01-14 2017-08-23 fdi:010065454 fre