Measuring endemicity and burden of leprosy across countries and regions: A systematic review and Delphi survey.

• Main Authors: Dorcas O Ogunsumi (Author), Vivek Lal (Author), Karl Philipp Puchner (Author), Wim van Brakel (Author), Eva-Maria Schwie (Author), Christa Kasang (Author), Joseph Chukwu (Author), Saskia Kreibich (Author), Sandra Parisi (Author), Jan Hendrik Richardus (Author), David J Blok (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, the annual new case detection in 2019 was 202,189 globally. Measuring endemicity levels and burden in leprosy lacks a uniform approach. As a result, the assessment of leprosy endemicity or burden a...