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Patterns of Migration and Risks Associated with Leprosy among Migrants in Maranhão, Brazil

Leprosy remains a public health problem in Brazil with new case incidence exceeding World Health Organization (WHO) goals in endemic clusters throughout the country. Migration can facilitate movement of disease between endemic and non-endemic areas, and has been considered a possible factor in conti...

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Autores principales: Murto, Christine, Chammartin, Frédérique, Schwarz, Karolin, da Costa, Lea Marcia Melo, Kaplan, Charles, Heukelbach, Jorg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24040433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002422