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The State of Affairs in Post-Exposure Leprosy Prevention: A Descriptive Meta-Analysis on Immuno- and Chemo-Prophylaxis
OBJECTIVE: Annually, over 200,000 people are diagnosed with leprosy, also called Hansen’s disease. This number has been relatively stable over the past years. Progress has been made in the fields of chemoprophylaxis and immunoprophylaxis to prevent leprosy, with a primary focus on close contacts of...
Autores principales: | Schoenmakers, Anne, Mieras, Liesbeth, Budiawan, Teky, van Brakel, Wim H |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7573302/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33117053 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRTM.S190300 |
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