Profile of leprosy in children under 15 years of age monitored in a Brazilian referral center (2004-2012)

Abstract: Leprosy in children under 15 years of age is a serious public health problem. In this retrospective case series conducted in a Brazilian reference center (2004-2012), we found 18 cases with a mean age of 10.0±3.6 years of age and 16.6% between 0-5 years of age. Almost 56% of the cases were...

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Main Authors: Ana Cecília Versiani Duarte Pinto, Patrick Alexander Wachholz, Gardenia Viana da Silva, Paula Yoshiko Masuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017-08-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962017000400580&tlng=en