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The long-term impact of the Leprosy Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (LPEP) program on leprosy incidence: A modelling study

BACKGROUND: The Leprosy Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (LPEP) program explored the feasibility and impact of contact tracing and the provision of single dose rifampicin (SDR) to eligible contacts of newly diagnosed leprosy patients in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. As t...

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Autores principales: Blok, David J., Steinmann, Peter, Tiwari, Anuj, Barth-Jaeggi, Tanja, Arif, Mohammad A., Banstola, Nand Lal, Baskota, Rabindra, Blaney, David, Bonenberger, Marc, Budiawan, Teky, Cavaliero, Arielle, Gani, Zaahira, Greter, Helena, Ignotti, Eliane, Kamara, Deusdedit V., Kasang, Christa, Manglani, Pratap R., Mieras, Liesbeth, Njako, Blasdus F., Pakasi, Tiara, Saha, Unnati R., Saunderson, Paul, Smith, W. Cairns S., Stäheli, René, Suriyarachchi, Nayani D., Tin Maung, Aye, Shwe, Tin, van Berkel, Jan, van Brakel, Wim H., Vander Plaetse, Bart, Virmond, Marcos, Wijesinghe, Millawage S. D., Aerts, Ann, Richardus, Jan Hendrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8011751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33788863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009279