Ecuador Towards Zero Leprosy: A Twenty-Three-Year Retrospective Epidemiologic and Spatiotemporal Analysis of Leprosy in Ecuador

Ecuador has gone through a significant reduction in new cases from 2000 (106) to 2023 (12), suggesting a trend towards zero leprosy. An ecological spatiotemporal study design was used to describe the epidemiological distribution of the disease in the country during 2000–2023. Leprosy cases registere...

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Published in:	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Main Authors:	Santiago Hernandez-Bojorge, Tatiana Gardellini, Jeegan Parikh, Neil Rupani, Benjamin Jacob, Ismael Hoare, Manuel Calvopiña, Ricardo Izurieta
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2024-10-01
Subjects:	epidemiology spatial analysis prevention and control leprosy Ecuador
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/9/10/246

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