The long-term effect of current and new interventions on the new case detection of leprosy: a modeling study.

• Main Authors: Egil A J Fischer (Author), Sake J de Vlas (Author), J Dik F Habbema (Author), Jan Hendrik Richardus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Although the number of newly detected leprosy cases has decreased globally, a quarter of a million new cases are detected annually and eradication remains far away. Current options for leprosy prevention are contact tracing and BCG vaccination of infants. Future options may include chemo...