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

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.
Subjects:	leprosy children epidemiology urban transmission spatial distribution
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762016000600359&lng=en&tlng=en

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