A comparison of three types of targeted, community-based methods aimed at promoting early detection of new leprosy cases in rural parts of three endemic states in India

• Karthikeyan Govindasamy ,

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

  * E-mail: karthikot@hotmail.com, karthikeyan.g@leprosymission.in

  Affiliation Research Domain, The Leprosy Mission Trust India, New Delhi, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5500-1308

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• Annamma S. John,

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

  Current address: Independent consultant, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

  Affiliation Research Domain, The Leprosy Mission Trust India, New Delhi, India

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• Vivek Lal,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Sasakawa-India Leprosy Foundation, New Delhi, India

  Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (GLRA India), Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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• Mohammad Arif,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Netherlands Leprosy Relief India, New Delhi, India

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• Raju Moturu Solomon,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Domain, The Leprosy Mission Trust India, New Delhi, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4233-6843

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• Jyoti Ghosal,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

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• Ambarish Dutta

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Indian Institute of Public Health, Public Health Foundation of India, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

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