Should household contact examination in a low endemic situation of leprosy continue?

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-100

  Shumin, Chen ^b   Lin, Zhang ^c   Diangchang, Liu ^c   Bing, Liu ^a  

^a Prov Inst of Dermatovenereology   (China)

^b Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatovenereology   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHINA; CONTACT TRACING; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0043271042     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1489/1544-581X(2003)071<0095:SHCEIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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