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Global elimination of leprosy by 2020: are we
BACKGROUND: Every year more than 200,000 new leprosy cases are registered globally. This number has been fairly stable over the past 8 years. WHO has set a target to interrupt the transmission of leprosy globally by 2020. The aim of this study is to investigate whether this target, interpreted as gl...
Autores principales: | Blok, David J., De Vlas, Sake J., Richardus, Jan Hendrik |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4618543/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26490878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1143-4 |
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