“I Wasted 3 Years, Thinking It’s Not a Problem”: Patient and Health System Delays in Diagnosis of Leprosy in India: A Mixed-Methods Study

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, leprosy is one of the major causes of preventable disability. India contributes to 60% of global leprosy burden. With increasing numbers of leprosy with grade 2 disability (visible disability) at diagnosis, we aimed to determine risk factors associated with grade 2 disability...

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Autores principales: Muthuvel, Thirumugam, Govindarajulu, Srinivas, Isaakidis, Petros, Shewade, Hemant Deepak, Rokade, Vasudev, Singh, Rajbir, Kamble, Sanjeev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5230757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28081131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005192

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5230757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28081131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005192

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