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. 2021 May 26;15(5):e0009436. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009436

Table 1. Systematic review database and search strategy.

Database Search string
Embase (’leprosy’/exp OR ’Mycobacterium leprae’/de OR ’leprosy control’/de OR (lepros* OR Hansen OR lepra* OR leper*):ab,ti,kw) AND (’case report’/de OR ’case study’/de OR ’case finding’/de OR (((case*) NEXT/1 (report* OR stud* OR find* OR series)) OR ((review*) NEAR/3 (literature*))):ab,ti,kw) NOT ((animal/exp OR animal*:de OR nonhuman/de) NOT (’human’/exp)) AND ([ENGLISH]/lim)
Medline (exp "Leprosy"/ OR "Mycobacterium leprae"/ OR (lepros* OR Hansen OR lepra* OR leper*).ab,ti,kf.) AND ("Case Reports"/ OR (((case*) ADJ (report* OR stud* OR find* OR series)) OR ((review*) ADJ3 (literature*))).ab,ti,kf.) NOT (exp animals/ NOT humans/) AND (english).lg
Web-of-science TS = (((lepros* OR Hansen OR lepra* OR leper*)) AND ((((case*) NEAR/1 (report* OR stud* OR find* OR series)) OR ((review*) NEAR/2 (literature*)))) NOT ((animal* OR rat OR rats OR mouse OR mice OR murine OR dog OR dogs OR canine OR cat OR cats OR feline OR rabbit OR cow OR cows OR bovine OR rodent* OR sheep OR ovine OR pig OR swine OR porcine OR veterinar* OR chick* OR zebrafish* OR baboon* OR nonhuman* OR primate* OR cattle* OR goose OR geese OR duck OR macaque* OR avian* OR bird* OR fish*) NOT (human* OR patient* OR women OR woman OR men OR man))) AND LA = (English)
Cochrane ((lepros* OR Hansen OR lepra* OR leper*):ab,ti,kw) AND ((((case*) NEXT/1 (report* OR stud* OR find* OR series)) OR ((review*) NEAR/3 (literature*))):ab,ti,kw)
Google Scholar Leprosy|leprae|lepra case|cases|review decline|declined|declining