The combined effect of chemoprophylaxis with single dose rifampicin and immunoprophylaxis with BCG to prevent leprosy in contacts of newly diagnosed leprosy cases: a cluster randomized controlled trial (MALTALEP study)

BACKGROUND: Despite almost 30 years of effective chemotherapy with MDT, the global new case detection rate of leprosy has remained quite constant over the past years. New tools and methodologies are necessary to interrupt the transmission of M. leprae. Single-dose rifampicin (SDR) has been shown to...

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Main Authors: Richardus, Renate A, Alam, Khorshed, Pahan, David, Feenstra, Sabiena G, Geluk, Annemieke, Richardus, Jan H
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: BioMed Central 2013
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3850918/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24088534
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-456
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