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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2022
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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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