Trend analysis of leprosy in Morocco between 2000 and 2017: Evidence on the single dose rifampicin chemoprophylaxis.

• Main Authors: Ibtissam Khoudri (Author), Zainab Elyoussfi (Author), Yassine Mourchid (Author), Mohammed Youbi (Author), Nada Bennani Mechita (Author), Redouane Abouqal (Author), Abderrahmane Maaroufi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Morocco has achieved the goal of leprosy elimination as a public health problem several years ago (less than 1 case/ 10 000 habitant). The aim of this study was to analyze trends of leprosy detection during the last 17 years taking into consideration the implementation of single dose rifa...