Clustering of leprosy beyond the household level in a highly endemic setting on the Comoros, an observational study

BACKGROUND: The island of Anjouan (Comoros) is highly endemic for leprosy with an annual incidence of 5–10/10,000. In May/June, 2015 single-dose Rifampicin post-exposure prophylaxis (SDR-PEP) was administered to 269 close contacts of 70 leprosy-patients in four villages as a pilot programmatic inter...

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Autores principales: Ortuno-Gutierrez, Nimer, Baco, Abdallah, Braet, Sofie, Younoussa, Assoumani, Mzembaba, Aboubacar, Salim, Zahara, Amidy, Mohamed, Grillone, Saverio, de Jong, Bouke C., Richardus, Jan Hendrik, Hasker, Epco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6556052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31174481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4116-y

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