Acid-Fast Bacilli Positivity Rate and Associated Factors among Leprosy Suspected Cases attending Selected Health Facilities located in West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia.

Degefa BekalaDawit Yihdego RedaMusa Mohammed Ali

Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2021)

This study revealed a high prevalence of AFB positivity rate in the era of multidrug therapy. Types of leprosy, close contact with known leprosy cases, educational status, and duration of closer contact with leprosy cases were significantly associated with AFB positivity rate.

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