Leprosy in children and adolescents under 15 years old in an urban centre in Brazil

This original study describes the intra-urban distribution of cases of leprosy in residents under 15 years old in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; the study also identifies the environment in which Mycobacterium leprae is being transmitted. The cases were distributed by operational classification, clinical...

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Main Authors: Selton Diniz Santos, Gerson Oliveira Penna, Maria da Conceição Nascimento Costa, Marcio Santos Natividade, Maria Glória Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2016-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762016000600359&lng=en&tlng=en