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| Title |
Spatial heterogeneity in projected leprosy trends in India
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| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, October 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13071-015-1124-7 |
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| Authors |
Cara E. Brook, Roxanne Beauclair, Olina Ngwenya, Lee Worden, Martial Ndeffo-Mbah, Thomas M. Lietman, Sudhir K. Satpathy, Alison P. Galvani, Travis C. Porco |
| Abstract |
Leprosy is caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae and is characterized by peripheral nerve damage and skin lesions. The disease is classified into paucibacillary (PB) and multibacillary (MB) leprosy. The 2012 London Declaration formulated the following targets for leprosy control: (1) global interruption of transmission or elimination by 2020, and (2) reduction of grade-2 disabilities in newly detected cases to below 1 per million population at a global level by 2020. Leprosy is treatable, but diagnosis, access to treatment and treatment adherence (all necessary to curtail transmission) represent major challenges. Globally, new case detection rates for leprosy have remained fairly stable in the past decade, with India responsible for more than half of cases reported annually. We analyzed publicly available data from the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and fit linear mixed-effects regression models to leprosy case detection trends reported at the district level. We assessed correlation of the new district-level case detection rate for leprosy with several state-level regressors: TB incidence, BCG coverage, fraction of cases exhibiting grade 2 disability at diagnosis, fraction of cases in children, and fraction multibacillary. Our analyses suggest an endemic disease in very slow decline, with substantial spatial heterogeneity at both district and state levels. Enhanced active case finding was associated with a higher case detection rate. Trend analysis of reported new detection rates from India does not support a thesis of rapid progress in leprosy control. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 98 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 21 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 16 | 16% |
| Unknown | 23 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 17 | 17% |
| Unknown | 29 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 January 2020.
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#4,642,769
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#1,020
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#62,706
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#16
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