Epidemiological situation of leprosy in Salvador from 2001 to 2009
Mycobacterium leprae was first described as the bacillus that causes leprosy, a chronic granulomatous infectious disease, in 1873 by Amauer Hansen. Leprosy is part of a group of 10 neglected diseases and Bahia has endemic levels of this illness, varying between high and very high. The detection of 5...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962014000100107&tlng=en |