Active Surveillance of Hansen's Disease (Leprosy): Importance for Case Finding among Extra-domiciliary Contacts

Hansen's disease (leprosy) remains an important health problem in Brazil, where 34,894 new cases were diagnosed in 2010, corresponding to 15.3% of the world's new cases detected in that year. The purpose of this study was to use home visits as a tool for surveillance of Hansen's disea...

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Main Authors: Moura, Maria L. N., Dupnik, Kathryn M., Sampaio, Gabriel A. A., Nóbrega, Priscilla F. C., Jeronimo, Ana K., do Nascimento-Filho, Jose M., Miranda Dantas, Roberta L., Queiroz, Jose W., Barbosa, James D., Dias, Gutemberg, Jeronimo, Selma M. B., Souza, Marcia C. F., Nobre, Maurício L.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597486/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516645
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002093
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