Feasibility of post-exposure-prophylaxis with single-dose rifampicin and identification of high prevalent clusters in villages’ hyperendemic for leprosy in Senegal

• Gilbert Batista ,

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

  * E-mail: drgbatista@gmail.com

  Affiliation Action Damien, Dakar, Sénégal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1822-3571

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• Pauline Dioussé,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Unité de Formation et Recherche en Santé, Université de Thiès, Sénégal

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• Papa Mamadou Diagne,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Association Sénégalaise de lutte contre la lèpre et les MTN (ASCL/MTN), Dakar, Sénégal

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• Mahamat Cissé,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Association allemande de lutte contre la lèpre et la tuberculose–DAHW Sénégal

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• Ibrahima Tito Tamba,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Action Damien, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Fatou Diop,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Centre hospitalier régional de Kaolack, Sénégal

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• Fanta Diop,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Centre hospitalier régional de Louga, Sénégal

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• Lahla Fall,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Centre hospitalier de l’ordre de Malte–CHOM Dakar, Sénégal

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• Diama Sakho,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Centre hospitalier régional de Ziguinchor, Sénégal

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• Mariama Bammo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Centre hospitalier régional de Thiès, Sénégal

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• Ndiaga Guèye,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Centre hospitalier régional de Thiès, Sénégal

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• Christa Kasang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation DAHW German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Germany

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• Nimer Ortuño-Gutiérrez,

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

  Affiliation Damien Foundation, Brussels, Belgium

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• Louis Hyacinthe Zoubi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation National Leprosy Control Program, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Madoky Magatte Diop

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Unité de Formation et Recherche en Santé, Université de Thiès, Sénégal

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