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Patient contact is the major determinant in incident leprosy: implications for future control by van Beers, S M, Hatta, M, Klatser, P R

“…Notwithstanding the elimination efforts, leprosy control programs face the problem of many leprosy patients remaining undetected. Leprosy control focuses on…”
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Detection of Mycobacterium leprae nasal carriers in populations for which leprosy is endemic by KLATSER, P. R, VAN BEERS, S, BAEDAH MADJID, DAY, R, DE WIT, M. Y. L

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Why do patients with a cough delay seeking care at Lusaka urban health centres? A health systems research approach by Godfrey-Faussett, P, Kaunda, H, Kamanga, J, van Beers, S, van Cleeff, M, Kumwenda-Phiri, R, Tihont, V

“…SETTING: Primary health centres in urban Lusaka, Zambia.OBJECTIVES: To describe the distribution and risk factors for delay among patients presenting with a…”
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Ziehl-Neelsen staining: strong red on weak blue, or weak red under strong blue? [Counterpoint] by Angra, P, Becx-Bleumink, M, Gilpin, C, Joloba, M, Jost, K, Kam, K M, Kim, S J, Lumb, R, Mitarai, S, Ramsay, A, Ridderhof, J, Rieder, H L, Selvakumar, N, van Beers, S, van Cleeff, M, Van Deun, A, Vincent, V

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An epidemiological study of leprosy infection by serology and polymerase chain reaction by van Beers, S M, Izumi, S, Madjid, B, Maeda, Y, Day, R, Klatser, P R

“…A population-based study has been carried out in two adjacent villages in a highly leprosy-endemic area of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The prevalence of…”
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The epidemiology of mycobacterium leprae: Recent insight by van Beers, Stella M., de Wit, Madeleine Y.L., Klatser, Paul R.

“…Abstract Leprosy is still a health problem in many countries. Because the causative organism, Mycobacterium leprae cannot be cultured in vitro, it is virtually…”
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A new focus of Schistosoma mansoni in the western province of Zambia by van Vliet, N G, de Jonge, N, van Beers, S M, Lever, P

“…A new focus of Schistosoma mansoni in the Western Province of Zambia is described. Four study groups were investigated using the Kato faecal smear method…”
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Mycobacterium leprae--millennium resistant! Leprosy control on the threshold of a new era by Visschedijk, J, van de Broek, J, Eggens, H, Lever, P, van Beers, S, Klatser, P

“…Over the past decades, the conditions of leprosy control implementation have changed dramatically. Introduction of multidrug therapy, together with the global…”
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Review: Mycobacterium leprae – millennium resistant! Leprosy control on the threshold of a new era by Visschedijk, Jan, Broek, Jacques, Eggens, Henk, Lever, Peter, Beers, Stella, Klatser, Paul

“…Summary Over the past decades, the conditions of leprosy control implementation have changed dramatically. Introduction of multidrug therapy, together with the…”
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Population survey to determine risk factors for Mycobacterium leprae transmission and infection by Bakker, Mirjam I, Hatta, Mochammad, Kwenang, Agnes, Faber, William R, van Beers, Stella M, Klatser, Paul R, Oskam, Linda

“…Background Not every leprosy patient is equally effective in transmitting Mycobacterium leprae. We studied the spatial distribution of infection (using…”
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Global laboratory initiative tool for a stepwise process towards tuberculosis laboratory accreditation [Correspondence] by Datema, Tjeerd A. M., Oskam, Linda, Engelberts, Mirjam F. M., van Beers, Stella M., Shinnick, Thomas M., Baker, Martin, Ridderhof, John C., Scholten, Jerod, van Deun, Armand, Gilpin, Christopher, Klatser, Paul R.

“…Quality laboratory services are essential for high quality, cost-effective health care. The need to use a laboratory systems approach, focusing on quality…”
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Distribution and persistence of Mycobacterium leprae nasal carriage among a population in which leprosy is endemic in Indonesia by Hatta, M, van Beers, S M, Madjid, B, Djumadi, A, de Wit, M Y, Klatser, P R

“…In order to understand better the relationship among Mycobacterium leprae, its transmission and the human host or the chain of infection which may lead to the…”
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An approach to understanding the transmission of Mycobacterium leprae using molecular and immunological methods: results from the MILEP2 study by Smith, W Cairns S, Smith, Christine M, Cree, Ian A, Jadhav, Ruprendra S, Macdonald, Murdo, Edward, Vijay K, Oskam, Linda, van Beers, Stella, Klatser, Paul

“…The current strategy for leprosy control using case detection and treatment has greatly reduced the prevalence of leprosy, but has had no demonstrable effect…”
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IgG4 antibody assay in the detection of filariasis by Haarbrink, M, Terhell, A, Abadi, K, van Beers, S, Asri, M, Yazdanbakhsh, M

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Prevention of leprosy using rifampicin as chemoprophylaxis by Bakker, Mirjam I, Hatta, Mochammad, Kwenang, Agnes, Van Benthem, Birgit H B, Van Beers, Stella M, Klatser, Paul R, Oskam, Linda

“…An intervention study was implemented on five Indonesian islands highly endemic for leprosy to determine whether rifampicin can be used as chemoprophylaxis to…”
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Seroprevalence rates of antibodies to phenolic glycolipid-I among school children as an indicator of leprosy endemicity by van Beers, S, Hatta, M, Klatser, P R

“…In order to study whether the seroprevalence of antibodies to phenolic glycolipid-I (PGL-I) among school children is a useful indicator of the leprosy problem…”
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Protective effect of BCG against leprosy in South Sulawesi, Indonesia by Boelens, J J, Kroes, R, van Beers, S, Lever, P

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