The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy in the general population of northwest bangladesh.

• Main Authors: Fake J Moet (Author), Ron P Schuring (Author), David Pahan (Author), Linda Oskam (Author), Jan Hendrik Richardus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy (PPUL) in the general population was determined to estimate the background level of leprosy in the population and to compare this with registered prevalence and the known PPUL in different levels of contacts of leprosy patients. METHODOLOG...