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Indian J Lepr
; 84(4): 265-9, 2012.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23720891
RESUMO
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Leprosy is yet an important infectious disease in Brazil. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of leprosy among children and adolescents in a countryside city from Legal Amazon region. RESULTS: there was a high frequency of Hansen's disease among children from 5 to 9 years-old, predominantly females, with multibacillary form, and dimorphous types. CONCLUSION: due to late diagnosis and higher frequency of treatment abandonment leprosy is a serious public health problem among children and adolescents is this small city.