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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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Autores principales: Santos, Selton Diniz, Penna, Gerson Oliveira, Costa, Maria da Conceição Nascimento, Natividade, Marcio Santos, Teixeira, Maria Glória
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27223655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760160002