Predicting the impact of household contact and mass chemoprophylaxis on future new leprosy cases in South Tarawa, Kiribati: A modelling study

Charlotte Gilkison; Stephen Chambers; David J. Blok; Jan Hendrik Richardus; Eretii Timeon; Erei Rimon; Patricia Priest

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007646

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Predicting the impact of household contact and mass chemoprophylaxis on future new leprosy cases in South Tarawa, Kiribati: A modelling study

Charlotte Gilkison ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: cacgilkison@gmail.com (CG); patricia.priest@otago.ac.nz (PP)

Affiliation Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1096-0131

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Stephen Chambers,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
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David J. Blok,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8919-1063

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Jan Hendrik Richardus,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Eretii Timeon,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Bikenibeu, Kiribati
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Erei Rimon,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Bikenibeu, Kiribati
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Patricia Priest

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cacgilkison@gmail.com (CG); patricia.priest@otago.ac.nz (PP)

Affiliation Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2311-6236

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Predicting the impact of household contact and mass chemoprophylaxis on future new leprosy cases in South Tarawa, Kiribati: A modelling study

Charlotte Gilkison,
Stephen Chambers,
David J. Blok,
Jan Hendrik Richardus,
Eretii Timeon,
Erei Rimon,
Patricia Priest

Published: September 20, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007646

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