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Geospatial epidemiology of leprosy in northwest Bangladesh: a 20-year retrospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Leprosy is known to be unevenly distributed between and within countries. High risk areas or ‘hotspots’ are potential targets for preventive interventions, but the underlying epidemiologic mechanisms that enable hotspots to emerge, are not yet fully understood. In this study, we identifi...

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Autores principales:	Bulstra, Caroline A., Blok, David J., Alam, Khorshed, Butlin, C. Ruth, Roy, Johan Chandra, Bowers, Bob, Nicholls, Peter, de Vlas, Sake J., Richardus, Jan Hendrik
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7986508/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33752751 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-021-00817-4

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