Leprosy in children under fifteen years of age in the most hyperendemic municipality in Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe leprosy involvement and physical disability profiles in children and adolescents under 15 years old. Methods: Ecological time series study, based on data from the Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System, including new cases of leprosy residing in Palmas (TO...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Milhomem Costa, Marcela Silva Menezes, Maria Sortênia Alves Guimarães, Eliane Patrícia Pereira Franchi, Lorena Dias Monteiro, Mariana Caroline Tocantins Alvim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2023-10-01
Series:Revista Paulista de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-05822024000100429&lng=en&tlng=en