Leprosy New Case Detection Trends and the Future Effect of Preventive Interventions in Pará State, Brazil: A Modelling Study

Leprosy remains a public health problem in Brazil. Although the overall number of new cases is declining, there are still areas with a high disease burden, such as Pará State in the north of the country. We aim to predict future trends in new case detection rate (NCDR) and explore the potential impa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2016-03, Vol.10 (3), p.e0004507-e0004507
Hauptverfasser:	de Matos, Haroldo José, Blok, David J, de Vlas, Sake J, Richardus, Jan Hendrik
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Biology and Life Sciences Brazil - epidemiology Chemoprevention - methods Child Communicable Disease Control - methods Computer Simulation Contact Tracing Disease Eradication Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control Drug Therapy, Combination - methods Epidemiologic Methods Households Humans Incidence Leprosy Leprosy - drug therapy Leprosy - epidemiology Leprosy - prevention & control Male Medicine and Health Sciences People and places Physical Sciences Population Public health Trends Tropical diseases Young Adult
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