Leprosy situation in endemic states of India and prospects of elimination of the disease

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-345

  Subramanian, M ^a   Ali, M K Showkath ^a   Thorat, D M ^a   Muthukumar, M ^a   Sathiskumar, E ^a   Ramadoss, C ^a   Khan, M Ali ^a  

^a Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROSTATIC AGENT; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MALE; MINOCYCLINE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OFLOXACIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIFAMPIN; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0346882924     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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