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Leprosy among Patient Contacts: A Multilevel Study of Risk Factors

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors associated with developing leprosy among the contacts of newly-diagnosed leprosy patients. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A total of 6,158 contacts and 1,201 leprosy patients of the cohort who were diagnosed and treated at the Leprosy Labora...

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Autores principales: Sales, Anna M., Ponce de Leon, Antonio, Düppre, Nádia C., Hacker, Mariana A., Nery, José Augusto C., Sarno, Euzenir N., Penna, Maria L. F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21423643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001013