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Spatial epidemiology and serologic cohorts increase the early detection of leprosy

BACKGROUND: Leprosy remains an important public health problem in some specific high-burden pockets areas, including the Brazilian Amazon region, where it is hyperendemic among children. METHODS: We selected two elementary public schools located in areas most at risk (cluster of leprosy or hyperende...

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Autores principales: Barreto, Josafá Gonçalves, Bisanzio, Donal, Frade, Marco Andrey Cipriani, Moraes, Tania Mara Pires, Gobbo, Angélica Rita, de Souza Guimarães, Layana, da Silva, Moisés Batista, Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M., Spencer, John Stewart, Kitron, Uriel, Salgado, Claudio Guedes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26573912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1254-8