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Effectiveness of ongoing single-dose rifampicin post-exposure prophylaxis (SDR-PEP) implementation under routine programme conditions—An observational study in Nepal
Banstola NL*1; Hasker E2, Mieras L3, Gurung D4, Baral B4, Mehata S5, Prasai S6, Ghimire Y7, Kumar Das B8, Napit P9, van Brakel WH3 1NLR Nepal; 2 Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp; 3NLR IO Netherlands; 4FAIRMED Nepal; 5Health office Morang, 6Health office Sunsari, 7Health office Jhapa, 8Health office Udayapur, 9Leprosy Control and Disability Management Section, Nepal *Corresponding author Banstola ...
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The PEP++ study protocol: a cluster-randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of an enhanced regimen of post-exposure prophylaxis for close contacts of persons affected by leprosy to prevent disease transmission
Duane C Hinders 1, Anneke T Taal 2, Suchitra Lisam 3, Aymée M da Rocha 4, Nand Lal Banstola 5, Prativa Bhandari 5, Abhijit Saha 6, Jugal Kishore 7, Virginia O Fernandes 8, Abu Sufian Chowdhury 6, Anna T van ‘t Noordende 2, Liesbeth Mieras 2, Jan Hendrik Richardus 9, Wim H van Brakel 2 Affiliations expand PMID: 38378497 PMCID: PMC10877766 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09125-2 Abstract Background: Leprosy is an infectious disease with a slow decline in global annual ...
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