{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7160047580","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25259/ijdvl_1848_2025","title":"Need for rethinking on chemoprophylaxis strategies for leprosy control","display_name":"Need for rethinking on chemoprophylaxis strategies for leprosy control","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7160047580","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25259/ijdvl_1848_2025"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.25259/ijdvl_1848_2025","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25259/ijdvl_1848_2025","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.25259/ijdvl_1848_2025","pdf_url":"https://ijdvl.com/content/126/2026/92/5/pdf/IJDVL-92-5-656.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S36470231","display_name":"Indian Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprology","issn_l":"0378-6323","issn":["0378-6323","0973-3922"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","doyens","jufo-1","medline","poland-70","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320448","host_organization_name":"Medknow","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320448","https://openalex.org/P4310318547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Medknow","Wolters Kluwer"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://ijdvl.com/content/126/2026/92/5/pdf/IJDVL-92-5-656.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101998987","display_name":"Bhushan Kumar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8123-2350","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8123-2350"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801919287","display_name":"Shalby Hospitals","ror":"https://ror.org/04k1gqg30","country_code":"IN","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801919287"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bhushan Kumar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Dermatology, Shalby Hospital, Punjab, India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Dermatology, Shalby Hospital, Punjab, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801919287"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101468366","display_name":"Sukhdeep Singh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-4494","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-4494"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45294948","display_name":"Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research","ror":"https://ror.org/009nfym65","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45294948"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sukhdeep Singh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45294948"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040816850","display_name":"Tarun K. Narang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0464-2989","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0464-2989"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45294948","display_name":"Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research","ror":"https://ror.org/009nfym65","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45294948"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Tarun Narang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45294948"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010434226","display_name":"Nusrat Shafiq","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7053-003X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7053-003X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45294948","display_name":"Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research","ror":"https://ror.org/009nfym65","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45294948"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nusrat Shafiq","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45294948"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052043896","display_name":"Sunil Dogra","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9912-0085","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9912-0085"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45294948","display_name":"Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research","ror":"https://ror.org/009nfym65","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45294948"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sunil Dogra","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45294948"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5040816850"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45294948"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.7988,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.8598767,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"92","issue":null,"first_page":"656","last_page":"658"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12107","display_name":"Leprosy Research and Treatment","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2725","display_name":"Infectious Diseases"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12107","display_name":"Leprosy Research and Treatment","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2725","display_name":"Infectious Diseases"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10823","display_name":"Research on Leishmaniasis Studies","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11934","display_name":"Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2725","display_name":"Infectious Diseases"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/leprosy","display_name":"leprosy","score":0.9850000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/chemoprophylaxis","display_name":"chemoprophylaxis","score":0.9570000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/post-exposure-prophylaxis","display_name":"post-exposure prophylaxis","score":0.9409999847412109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multidrug-therapy","display_name":"multidrug therapy","score":0.9810000061988831},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/leprosy-control","display_name":"leprosy control","score":0.7889999747276306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/leprosy-prevalence","display_name":"leprosy prevalence","score":0.6449999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/prophylaxis","display_name":"prophylaxis","score":0.5680000185966492}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.9818000197410583},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776688490","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069606","display_name":"Chemoprophylaxis","level":2,"score":0.8276000022888184},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780695269","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36956","display_name":"Leprosy","level":2,"score":0.7360000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177713679","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q679690","display_name":"Intensive care medicine","level":1,"score":0.49079999327659607},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777640609","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q422226","display_name":"Dapsone","level":2,"score":0.4681999981403351},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C512399662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3505712","display_name":"Family medicine","level":1,"score":0.3953000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779473830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1540899","display_name":"MEDLINE","level":2,"score":0.37229999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.37070000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2987315675","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1773974","display_name":"Disease control","level":2,"score":0.3239000141620636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187212893","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123028","display_name":"Pediatrics","level":1,"score":0.30649998784065247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16005928","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171171","display_name":"Dermatology","level":1,"score":0.26829999685287476}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.25259/ijdvl_1848_2025","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25259/ijdvl_1848_2025","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.25259/ijdvl_1848_2025","pdf_url":"https://ijdvl.com/content/126/2026/92/5/pdf/IJDVL-92-5-656.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S36470231","display_name":"Indian Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprology","issn_l":"0378-6323","issn":["0378-6323","0973-3922"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","doyens","jufo-1","medline","poland-70","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320448","host_organization_name":"Medknow","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320448","https://openalex.org/P4310318547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Medknow","Wolters Kluwer"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.25259/ijdvl_1848_2025","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25259/ijdvl_1848_2025","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.25259/ijdvl_1848_2025","pdf_url":"https://ijdvl.com/content/126/2026/92/5/pdf/IJDVL-92-5-656.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S36470231","display_name":"Indian Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprology","issn_l":"0378-6323","issn":["0378-6323","0973-3922"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","doyens","jufo-1","medline","poland-70","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320448","host_organization_name":"Medknow","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320448","https://openalex.org/P4310318547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Medknow","Wolters Kluwer"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7160047580.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7160047580.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":5,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2116569305","https://openalex.org/W2895384053","https://openalex.org/W3139204695","https://openalex.org/W4376131915","https://openalex.org/W4396946434"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1908896813","https://openalex.org/W77406865","https://openalex.org/W2508517758","https://openalex.org/W2593658562","https://openalex.org/W3149564220","https://openalex.org/W2298679594","https://openalex.org/W2422162944","https://openalex.org/W7036596338","https://openalex.org/W2400712725","https://openalex.org/W2414371643"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"After":[0],"the":[1,7,27,51],"introduction":[2],"of":[3,10,21],"multidrug":[4],"therapy":[5],"(MDT),":[6],"global":[8],"prevalence":[9,20],"leprosy":[11,22,39],"initially":[12],"declined,":[13],"but":[14],"has":[15],"plateaued":[16],"since":[17],"2000.The":[18],"steady":[19],"in":[23],"recent":[24],"years":[25],"highlights":[26],"need":[28],"to":[29,41,48],"focus":[30],"more":[31],"on":[32],"preventive":[33,46],"strategies.Post":[34],"exposure":[35],"prophylaxis":[36],"(PEP)":[37],"for":[38],"aims":[40],"reduce":[42],"its":[43],"incidence":[44],"by":[45],"treatment":[47],"contacts":[49],"incubating":[50],"disease.":[52]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-10T11:39:43.021295","created_date":"2026-05-05T00:00:00"}