Evidence for hidden leprosy in a high leprosy-endemic setting, Eastern Ethiopia: The application of active case-finding and contact screening

• Kedir Urgesa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bofekedir@gmail.com

  Affiliation College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8490-233X

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• Kidist Bobosha,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Berhanu Seyoum,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Fitsum Weldegebreal,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

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• Adane Mihret,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Rawleigh Howe,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4001-5456

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• Biftu Geda,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Madda Walabu University, Shashamene, Ethiopia

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• Mirgissa Kaba,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8093-5900

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• Abraham Aseffa

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

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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