Implementation approaches for leprosy prevention with single-dose rifampicin: A support tool for decision making

BACKGROUND: In the past 15 years, the decline in annually detected leprosy patients has stagnated. To reduce the transmission of Mycobacterium leprae, the World Health Organization recommends single-dose rifampicin (SDR) as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for contacts of leprosy patients. Various ap...

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Autores principales: ter Ellen, Fleur, Tielens, Kaat, Fenenga, Christine, Mieras, Liesbeth, Schoenmakers, Anne, Arif, Mohammad A., Veldhuijzen, Nienke, Peters, Ruth, Ignotti, Eliane, Kasang, Christa, Quao, Benedict, Steinmann, Peter, Banstola, Nand Lal, Oraga, Joshua, Budiawan, Teky
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9612816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36251696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010792

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9612816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36251696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010792

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