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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...
Autores principales: | Fischer, Egil A. J., de Vlas, Sake J., Habbema, J. Dik F, Richardus, Jan Hendrik |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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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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