The Long Term Effect of Current and New Interventions on the New Case Detection of Leprosy: A Modeling Study

BACKGROUND: Although the number of newly detected leprosy cases has decreased globally, a quarter of a million new cases are detected annually and eradication remains far away. Current options for leprosy prevention are contact tracing and BCG vaccination of infants. Future options may include chemo...

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Autores principales: Fischer, Egil A. J., de Vlas, Sake J., Habbema, J. Dik F, Richardus, Jan Hendrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3176744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21949895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001330

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3176744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21949895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001330

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