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

INTRODUCTION: The 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. METHODS: In order to detect new cases among children by combining clinical evaluation...

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Autores principales: Costa, Izabelle Laissa Viana, da Costa, Patrícia Fagundes, da Silva, Sâmela Miranda, Gobbo, Angélica Rita, Pinto, Pablo Diego do Carmo, Spencer, John Stewart, da Silva, Moises Batista, Salgado, Claudio Guedes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10323681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37425318
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1218388