Temporal-spatial distribution characteristics of leprosy: A new challenge for leprosy prevention and control in Zhejiang, China.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Limei Wu, Yunliang Shen, Qiang Yao, Xudong Sang, Lijuan Fei, Wenming Kong, Ye Huang, Yanmin Wang, Fanrong Zeng, Na Du
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Ridley
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008956; https://doaj.org/article/59b11b11438646dc88826b88dceb719e

Background After the elimination of leprosy in 1995, there were 10-30 newly detected leprosy cases every year in Zhejiang Province, and the epidemiological characteristics of the newly detected leprosy cases have changed. While most of the newly detected cases came from other provinces in China, not...