A social network approach for the study of leprosy transmission beyond the household.
Carl KendallLigia Regina Franco Sansigolo KerrJosé Garcia Vivas MirandaSuani Tavares Rubin de PinhoRoberto Fernandes Silva AndradeLaura Cunha RodriguesCristiane Cunha FrotaRosa Maria Salani MotaRosa Lívia Freitas de AlmeidaFabio Brito MoreiraRaoni Boaventura Cruz GomesNaíla Alves de AlmeidaLucas FrançaMaria Araci de Andrade PontesHector GonçalvesGerson Oliveira PennaSamira Bührer-SékulaAlden KlovdahlMaurício Lima BarretoPublished in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021)
Our novel network approach offers a promising opportunity to explore leprosy transmission. Our networks confirm the importance of coresidence, provide a boundary and suggest a role for transmission in workplaces. Schools, on the other hand, do not demonstrate a clustering of cases. Our findings may have programmatic relevance.
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