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LEPROSY ON ANJOUAN (COMOROS): PERSISTENT HYPER-ENDEMICITY DESPITE DECADES OF SOLID CONTROL EFFORTS
Hasker, Epco et al. | Date Issued: 2017
Author
Hasker, Epco
Baco, Abdallah
Younoussa, Assoumani
Mzembaba, Aboubacar
Grillone, Saverio
Demeulenaere, Tine
Groene, Guido
Suffys, Philip
Jong, Bouke C. De
Affilliation
Institute of Tropical Medicine. Belgium.
Leprosy and TB control program. Comoros.
Leprosy and TB control program. Comoros.
Leprosy and TB control program. Comoros.
Leprosy and TB control program. Comoros.
Damien Foundation. Belgium.
BELTA-TBnet. Belgium.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular Aplicada a Micobactérias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Institute of Tropical Medicine. Belgium.
Abstract in Portuguese
Despite decades of solid leprosy control efforts, the disease remains highly endemic on the island of Anjouan, Comoros. Among a population of less than 400,000 over 300 new leprosy patients are diagnosed on average annually. Methods: We analysed routine data for the period of 2000–2015 for trends in epidemiological parameters and clustering in time and space.
Keywords in Portuguese
Hanseníase
Anjoun, Camarões
Doenças Endêmicas
 
Keywords
Leprosy
Comoros
endemicity
 
Publisher
British Leprosy Relief Assoc
Citation
HASKER, Epco; et al. Leprosy on Anjouan (Comoros): persistent hyper-endemicity despite decades of solid control efforts. Lepr Rev., v.88, p.334–342, 2017.
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0305-7518