Measuring endemicity and burden of leprosy across countries and regions: A systematic review and Delphi survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, the annual new case detection in 2019 was 202,189 globally. Measuring endemicity levels and burden in leprosy lacks a uniform approach. As a result, the assessment of leprosy endemicity or burden are not comparable over time and across countries and regions. This can make program planning and evaluation difficult. This study aims to identify relevant metrics and methods for measuring and classifying leprosy endemicity and burden at (sub)national level.

Methods

We used a mixed-method approach combining findings from a systematic literature review and a Delphi survey. The literature search was conducted in seven databases, searching for endemicity, burden and leprosy. We reviewed the available e

SUBMITTER: Ogunsumi DO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483296 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature