Factors associated with leprosy in a municipality of the Pre-Amazon region, state of Maranhão, Brazil

Factors associated with leprosy in a municipality of the Pre-Amazon region, state of Maranhão, Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The Integrated Program of Leprosy Control was initiated in the municipality of Buriticupu, Maranhão, Brazil, an area considered hyperendemic for leprosy in 2003. It aims at assessing the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the disease to reduce the detection rate...

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Main Authors: Antônio Rafael da Silva, Pedro Martins Lima Neto, Leonardo Hunaldo dos Santos, Raina Jansen Cutrim Propp Lima, Pedro Luiz Tauil, Eloísa da Graça do Rosário Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Leprosy
Mycobacterium leprae
Health profile
Detection rate
Epidemiological case-series
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