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Leprosy Strategy Is About Control, Not Eradication
Posted on 25 March 2008 by
Jointly written by Professors Cairns Smith and Jan Hendrik Richardus, this article published by The Lancet on 22nd March 2008, provides a concise explanation of why leprosy does not meet the scientific criteria for eradicability.
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Leprosy Strategy Is About Control, Not Eradication
Professor Cairns Smith, Department of Public Health, Medical School, University of Aberdeen and Chair of the ILEP Technical Commission for the term 2008-2011.
Professor Jan Hendrik Richardus, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam.
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