Leprosy: What is being "eliminated"?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Fine, Paul E M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZOONOSIS;

HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33846185107     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.039206     Document Type: Editorial

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