Interruption and defaulting of multidrug therapy against leprosy: population-based study in Brazil's Savannah Region.

Interruption and defaulting of multidrug therapy against leprosy: population-based study in Brazil's Savannah Region.

BACKGROUND: Low adherence to multidrug therapy against leprosy (MDT) is still an important obstacle of disease control, and may lead to remaining sources of infection, incomplete cure, irreversible complications, and multidrug resistance. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDING: We performed a population-base...

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Main Authors: Jorg Heukelbach, Olga André Chichava, Alexcian Rodrigues de Oliveira, Kathrin Häfner, Friederike Walther, Carlos Henrique Morais de Alencar, Alberto Novaes Ramos, Adriana Cavalcante Ferreira, Liana Ariza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3086809?pdf=render

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