The future incidence of leprosy: a scenario analysis

• Main Authors: Meima Abraham (Author), Smith W. Cairns S. (Author), van Oortmarssen Gerrit J. (Author), Richardus Jan H. (Author), Habbema J. Dik F. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of the current strategy for the elimination of leprosy on its incidence and to assess the consequences of failure to sustain this strategy. METHODS: Scenarios for assessing the impact of the elimination strategy were implemented in a computer simulation program....