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Leprosy in India after elimination shows persistent grade 2 disability and the need for a disability sensitive endgame

2026-03-18

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background</bold> : India achieved national elimination of leprosy as a public health problem in 2005, defined as prevalence rate (PR) below 1 per 10,000 population. However, elimination by prevalence threshold does not automatically imply interruption of transmission, equitable case detection, or prevention of disability. Persistent grade-2 disability (G2D) at diagnosis indica...

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-9043632/v1
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