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The Burden of Leprosy in Cameroon: Fifteen Years into the Post-elimination Era

BACKGROUND: Cameroon achieved the elimination target of leprosy in 2000, and has maintained this status ever since. However, a number of health districts in the country continue to report significant numbers of leprosy cases. The aim of this study was to assess the burden of leprosy in Cameroon from...

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Autores principales:	Tabah, Earnest Njih, Nsagha, Dickson Shey, Bissek, Anne-Cecile Zoung-Kanyi, Bratschi, Martin W., Njamnshi, Theophilus Ngeh, Plushke, Gerd, Njamnshi, Alfred Kongnyu
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061420/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27732603 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005012

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