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Cost-Effectiveness of a Chemoprophylactic Intervention with Single Dose Rifampicin in Contacts of New Leprosy Patients

BACKGROUND: With 249,007 new leprosy patients detected globally in 2008, it remains necessary to develop new and effective interventions to interrupt the transmission of M. leprae. We assessed the economic benefits of single dose rifampicin (SDR) for contacts as chemoprophylactic intervention in the...

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Autores principales:	Idema, Willemijn J., Majer, Istvan M., Pahan, David, Oskam, Linda, Polinder, Suzanne, Richardus, Jan Hendrik
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2010
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2970532/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21072235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000874

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