Feasibility of post-exposure-prophylaxis with single-dose rifampicin and identification of high prevalent clusters in villages' hyperendemic for leprosy in Senegal.

• Main Authors: Gilbert Batista (Author), Pauline Dioussé (Author), Papa Mamadou Diagne (Author), Mahamat Cissé (Author), Ibrahima Tito Tamba (Author), Fatou Diop (Author), Fanta Diop (Author), Lahla Fall (Author), Diama Sakho (Author), Mariama Bammo (Author), Ndiaga Guèye (Author), Christa Kasang (Author), Nimer Ortuño-Gutiérrez (Author), Louis Hyacinthe Zoubi (Author), Madoky Magatte Diop (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Introduction</h4>Senegal is a leprosy low-endemic country with nine villages known to be hyperendemic with a leprosy incidence rate above 1,000 per million inhabitants. We aim to implement a door-to-door screening strategy associated with the administration of a single-dose-rifampici...