Different mechanisms for heterogeneity in leprosy susceptibility can explain disease clustering within households.

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The epidemiology of leprosy is characterized by heterogeneity in susceptibility and clustering of disease within households. We aim to assess the extent to which different mechanisms for heterogeneity in leprosy susceptibility can explain household clustering as observed in a large study among contacts of leprosy patients.We used a microsimulation model, parameterizing it with data from over 20,000 contacts of...

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