Current strategy for leprosy control in Brazil: time to pursue alternative preventive strategies? Estrategia actual para el control de la lepra en Brasil: ¿es hora de investigar otras estrategias de prevención?

Current strategy for leprosy control in Brazil: time to pursue alternative preventive strategies? Estrategia actual para el control de la lepra en Brasil: ¿es hora de investigar otras estrategias de prevención?

<abstract language="spa">La estrategia actual para el control de la lepra en Brasil se basa en dos actividades principales: la detección precoz de casos y el tratamiento de casos con farmacoterapia combinada. Además de dichas medidas, se realizan esfuerzos complementarios para identi...

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Main Authors:	Sérgio S. Cunha, Laura C. Rodrigues, Nádia Cristina Duppre
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pan American Health Organization 2004-11-01
Series:	Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:	leprosy prevention and control Brazil
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892004001100014

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