Patient contact is the major determinant in incident leprosy: Implications for future control

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-128

  Van Beers, Stella M ^a   Hatta, Mohammed ^b   Klatser, Paul R ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEPROSY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT;

CONTACT TRACING; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; INTERVIEWS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032857704     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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