A comprehensive research agenda for zero leprosy

Abstract Background Leprosy control achieved dramatic success in the 1980s–1990s with the implementation of short course multidrug therapy, which reduced the global prevalence of leprosy to less than 1 in 10 000 population. However, a period of relative stagnation in leprosy control followed this ac...

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Main Authors: Peter Steinmann, Courtenay Dusenbury, David Addiss, Fareed Mirza, W. Cairns S. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-020-00774-4