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Protocol, rationale and design of PEOPLE (Post ExpOsure Prophylaxis for LEprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar): a cluster randomized trial on effectiveness of different modalities of implementation of post-exposure prophylaxis of leprosy contacts

BACKGROUND: Leprosy is an ancient infectious disease with a global annual incidence that has plateaued above 200,000 new cases since over a decade. New strategies are required to overcome this stalemate. Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with a single dose of Rifampicin (SDR) has conditionally been re...

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Autores principales: Ortuno-Gutierrez, Nimer, Younoussa, Assoumani, Randrianantoandro, Andriamira, Braet, Sofie, Cauchoix, Bertrand, Ramboarina, Stéphanie, Baco, Abdallah, Mzembaba, Aboubacar, Salim, Zahara, Amidy, Mohamed, Grillone, Saverio, Richardus, Jan Hendrik, de Jong, Bouke C., 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/PMC6896699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31805862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4649-0