Chapter-18 Treatment and Elimination Strategies
BOOK TITLE: All About Leprosy
Author
1. Prasad PVS
2. Kaviarasan PK
ISBN
9789385891960
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18387_19
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2016
Pages
13
Author Affiliations
1.
Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu,
RMMC, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India,
Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India
2.
Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India
Chapter keywords
Leprosy,
chronic infectious disease,
Mycobacterium leprae,
multidrug therapy,
MDT,
paucibacillary,
multibacillary,
health worker,
bacterial index,
BI,
single lesion paucibacillary leprosy,
SLPB,
drug resistance,
chemoprophylaxis,
immunotherapy,
leprosy elimination