The role of an active surveillance strategy of targeting household and neighborhood  contacts related to leprosy cases released from treatment in a low-endemic area of China.

• Main Authors: Na Wang (Author), Tongsheng Chu (Author), Furong Li (Author), Zhenzhen Wang (Author), Dianchang Liu (Author), Mingfei Chen (Author), Honglei Wang (Author), Guiye Niu (Author), Dan Liu (Author), Mingkai Zhang (Author), Yuanyuan Xu (Author), Yan Zhang (Author), Jinghui Li (Author), Zhen Li (Author), Jiabao You (Author), Liguo Mao (Author), Huaizhang Li (Author), Yongjin Chen (Author), Hong Liu (Author), Furen Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE:Early diagnosis remains the primary goal for leprosy management programs. This study aims to determine whether active surveillance of patients with leprosy and their contact individuals increased identification of latent leprosy cases in the low-endemic areas. METHODS:This cross-sectional...