Cluster of leprosy cases in Kona, Hawaii; impact of the compact of free association

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-18

  Ong, Adrian K Y ^a   Frankel, Richard I ^a   Maruyama, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCUBATION TIME; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DAPSONE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PALAU; RIFAMPIN; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032831699     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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