Geographic and socioeconomic factors associated with leprosy treatment default: An analysis from the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort.

• Main Authors: Kaio Vinicius Freitas de Andrade (Author), Joilda Silva Nery (Author), Julia Moreira Pescarini (Author), Anna Ramond (Author), Carlos Antônio de Souza Teles Santos (Author), Maria Yury Ichihara (Author), Maria Lucia Fernandes Penna (Author), Elizabeth B Brickley (Author), Laura C Rodrigues (Author), Liam Smeeth (Author), Mauricio L Barreto (Author), Susan Martins Pereira (Author), Gerson Oliveira Penna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Although leprosy is largely curable with multidrug therapy, incomplete treatment limits therapeutic effectiveness and is an important obstacle to disease control. To inform efforts to improve treatment completion rates, we aimed to identify the geographic and socioecon...