Acid Fast Positivity Rate and Associated Factors of Leprosy in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Northeastern Ethiopia: Its Implication for Evidence‐Based Leprosy Prevention and Control

Acid Fast Positivity Rate and Associated Factors of Leprosy in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Northeastern Ethiopia: Its Implication for Evidence‐Based Leprosy Prevention and Control

ABSTRACT Background and Aim Leprosy is one of the most common skin neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia posing social stigma, physical disability, deformity, discrimination, loss of social status, and poor quality of life in families. Hence, evidence‐based collaborative inter‐sectoral actions sho...

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Main Authors: Alemu Gedefie, Agumas Shibabaw, Zewudu Mulatie, Hussen Ebrahim, Habtu Debash, Mihret Tilahun, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Ousman Mohammed, Saba Gebremichael Tekele, Daniel Gebretsadik Weldehanna, Bruktawit Eshetu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-11-01
Series:Health Science Reports
Subjects:
AFB
Ethiopia
leprosy
Mycobacterium leprae
skin neglected tropical diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.70152
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