Tuberculosis in indigenous children in the Brazilian Amazon Tuberculosis en niños indígenas en el Amazonas Brasileño Tuberculose em crianças indígenas da Amazônia brasileira

• Main Authors: Caroline Gava (Author), Jocieli Malacarne (Author), Diana Patrícia Giraldo Rios (Author), Clemax Couto Sant'Anna (Author), Luiz Antônio Bastos Camacho (Author), Paulo Cesar Basta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: Assess the epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in Brazilian indigenous children and actions to control it. METHODS: An epidemiological study was performed with 356 children from 0 to 14 years of age in Rondônia State, Amazon, Brazil, during the period 1997-2006. Cases of TB reported...