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Multibacillary leprosy by population groups in Brazil: Lessons from an observational study
BACKGROUND: Leprosy remains an important public health problem in Brazil where 28,761 new cases were diagnosed in 2015, the second highest number of new cases detected globally. The disease is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a pathogen spread by patients with multibacillary (MB) leprosy. This study...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5325588/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28192426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005364 |