Measuring endemicity and burden of leprosy across countries and regions: A systematic review and Delphi survey.
<h4>Background</h4>Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, the annual new case detection in 2019 was 202,189 globally. Measuring endemicity levels and burden in leprosy lacks a uniform approach. As a result, the assessment of leprosy endemicity or burden a...
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Main Authors: | Dorcas O Ogunsumi, Vivek Lal, Karl Philipp Puchner, Wim van Brakel, Eva-Maria Schwienhorst-Stich, Christa Kasang, Joseph Chukwu, Saskia Kreibich, Sandra Parisi, Jan Hendrik Richardus, David J Blok |
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Language: | EN |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/86b778bcff58484a8dc39b513a3f11fb |
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