The role of an active surveillance strategy of targeting household and neighborhood contacts related to leprosy cases released from treatment in a low-endemic area of China

Na Wang; Tongsheng Chu; Furong Li; Zhenzhen Wang; Dianchang Liu; Mingfei Chen; Honglei Wang; Guiye Niu; Dan Liu; Mingkai Zhang; Yuanyuan Xu; Yan Zhang; Jinghui Li; Zhen Li; Jiabao You; Liguo Mao; Huaizhang Li; Yongjin Chen; Hong Liu; Furen Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008563

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The role of an active surveillance strategy of targeting household and neighborhood contacts related to leprosy cases released from treatment in a low-endemic area of China

Na Wang,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Tongsheng Chu,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Furong Li,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Zhenzhen Wang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Dianchang Liu,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Mingfei Chen,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Honglei Wang,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Guiye Niu,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Dan Liu,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Mingkai Zhang,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Yuanyuan Xu,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Yan Zhang,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Jinghui Li,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Zhen Li,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Jiabao You,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Liguo Mao,

Roles Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Jining City Dermatology Hospital Prevention and Treatment, Jining, Shandong, China
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Huaizhang Li,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Zaozhuang Dermatology Hospital Prevention and Treatment, Zaozhuang, Shandong, China
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Yongjin Chen,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Linyi Dermatology Hospital, Linyi, Shandong, China
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Hong Liu,

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Furen Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Zhangfuren@hotmail.com

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3383-1973

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The role of an active surveillance strategy of targeting household and neighborhood contacts related to leprosy cases released from treatment in a low-endemic area of China

Na Wang,
Tongsheng Chu,
Furong Li,
Zhenzhen Wang,
Dianchang Liu,
Mingfei Chen,
Honglei Wang,
Guiye Niu,
Dan Liu,
Mingkai Zhang

Published: August 14, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008563

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