Status and forecast of leprosy in the still endemic province of Formosa in northern Argentina.

• Main Authors: María R Arnaiz (Author), Mónica S Iglesias (Author), José I Franco (Author), Lucila Arzamendia (Author), María S Santini (Author), Hugo C Recalde (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The province of Formosa, Argentina, is endemic for leprosy. In the present paper, we assessed the trend (T, 2002-2016 time series) and the forecast for 2022 of new case detection rate (NCDR) and determined the spatial distribution of new cases detected (NCD) of leprosy...