Leprosy elimination campaign in Qazvin province, Islamic Republic of Iran (2006–07)
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Leprosy elimination campaign in Qazvin province, Islamic Republic of Iran (2006-07).
Multi-drug therapy (MDT) and Leprosy Elimination Campaigns (LEC) are the major strategies for eliminating leprosy. We report the results of a LEC conducted in 2006 in Qazvin. A total of 1987 individuals (1379 household contacts of 319 registered leprosy patients and 608 people from 3 endemic villages with a high prevalence of leprosy) were examined for detection of new cases of leprosy. All new...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1020-3397
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.12.924