Leprosy among children in an area without primary health care coverage in Caratateua Island, Brazilian Amazon

Leprosy among children in an area without primary health care coverage in Caratateua Island, Brazilian Amazon

IntroductionThe detection of leprosy in children is an important epidemiological marker of the disease, indicating the community’s early exposure to Mycobacterium leprae and active transmission of the infection.MethodsIn order to detect new cases among children by combining clinical evaluation and l...

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Main Authors: Izabelle Laissa Viana Costa, Patrícia Fagundes da Costa, Sâmela Miranda da Silva, Angélica Rita Gobbo, Pablo Diego do Carmo Pinto, John Stewart Spencer, Moises Batista da Silva, Claudio Guedes Salgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
leprosy
children
RLEP qPCR
anti-PGL-I
active case finding
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1218388/full

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