Geospatial epidemiology of leprosy in northwest Bangladesh: a 20-year retrospective observational study.

Caroline A BulstraDavid J BlokKhorshed AlamC Ruth ButlinJohan Chandra RoyBob BowersPeter NichollsSake J de VlasJan Hendrik Richardus

Published in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2021)

Leprosy showed a heterogeneous distribution with clear hotspots in northwest Bangladesh throughout a 20-year period of decreasing incidence. Findings confirm that leprosy hotspots represent areas of higher transmission activity and are not solely the result of active case finding strategies.

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risk factors
cross sectional