COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE INTENSITY OF Mycobacterium leprae EXPOSURE BETWEEN HOUSEHOLD AND NONHOUSEHOLD CONTACT OF LEPROSY
Leprosy stills a public health problem in West Sulawesi which has a Case Detection Rate (CDR) around 43.69/100.000 population. Household contacts of leprosy are a high risk group to be infected, due to droplet infection mode of transmission of the disease. A nose swab examination and serological stu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universitas Airlangga
2016-06-01
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Series: | Indonesian Journal of Tropical and Infectious Disease |
Online Access: | https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/IJTID/article/view/192 |