Authoritative opinion claims that there has been a failure to provide treatment for most of the world leprosy patients and to control the spread of the disease. But sulphones provide a cheap and practical form of treatment and also prevent transmission of leprosy, writes C. L. Crawford, of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University College, London.
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Crawford, C. Leprosy: is the strategy wrong?. Nature 254, 168–170 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/254168a0
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