Leprosy on Anjouan (Comoros): persistent hyper-endemicity despite decades of solid control efforts
Author(s) -
Epco Hasker,
Abdallah Baco,
Younoussa Assoumani,
Aboubacar Mzembaba,
Saverio Grillone,
Tine Demeulenaere,
Guido Groenen,
Philip Noël Suffys,
Bouke C. de Jong
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
leprosy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 2162-8807
pISSN - 0305-7518
DOI - 10.47276/lr.88.3.334
Subject(s) - leprosy , medicine , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , population , transmission (telecommunications) , disease , environmental health , demography , immunology , pathology , physics , electrical engineering , sociology , optics , engineering
EPCO HASKER*, ABDALLAH BACO**, ASSOUMANI YOUNOUSSA**, ABOUBACAR MZEMBABA**, SAVERIO GRILLONE**, TINE DEMEULENAERE , GUIDO GROENEN , PHILIP SUFFYS & BOUKE C. DE JONG* *Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium **Leprosy and TB control program, Comoros Damien Foundation, Belgium BELTA-TBnet, Belgium Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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