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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Main Authors: Yuniarti Arsyad, Friska Jifanti, Muhammad Dali Amiruddin, Anis Irawan Anwar, Dinar Adriaty, Ratna Wahyuni, Iswahyudi Iswahyudi, Indropo Agusni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Airlangga 2016-06-01
Series:Indonesian Journal of Tropical and Infectious Disease
Online Access:https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/IJTID/article/view/192