Leprosy incidence, characterization of cases and correlation with household and cases variables of the Brazilian states in 2010

Abstract BACKGROUND: Leprosy is millenary disease and still persists in several countries. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the incidence of leprosy in the Brazilian states and for the country in the year 2010; to describe the cases reported according to the studied variables; to verify the correlation bet...

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Main Authors: Shamyr Sulyvan de Castro, Juliana Pereira Pontes Santos, Graziela Basílio Abreu, Vanessa Rossato Oliveira, Luciane Fernanda Rodrigues Martinho Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016-02-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962016000100028&tlng=en