“I Wasted 3 Years, Thinking It’s Not a Problem”: Patient and Health System Delays in Diagnosis of Leprosy in India: A Mixed-Methods Study

• Thirumugam Muthuvel ,

  * E-mail: thiruglra@gmail.com

  Affiliation German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Chennai, India

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6973-2395

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• Srinivas Govindarajulu,

  Affiliation German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Chennai, India

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• Petros Isaakidis,

  Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders, Mumbai, India

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• Hemant Deepak Shewade,

  Affiliation International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), South-East Asia Office, New Delhi, India

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• Vasudev Rokade,

  Affiliation Assistant Director of Health Services (Leprosy), Government of Maharashtra, Pune, India

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• Rajbir Singh,

  Affiliation German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Chennai, India

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• Sanjeev Kamble

  Affiliation State Leprosy Officer/Joint Director of Health Services (Leprosy), Government of Maharashtra, Pune, India

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