Chilhood leprosy: Clinical and epidemiological study in the Department of Dermatology, Clinicas Hospital, Faculty of Medical Sciences, National University of Asuncion-Paraguay, 2005-2014

• Hauptverfasser: Beatriz Di Martino Ortiz (Verfasst von), María Laura Sánchez (Verfasst von), Celeste Valiente (Verfasst von), Gabriela Martínez (Verfasst von), Mirtha Rodriguez Masi (Verfasst von), Oilda Knopfelmacher (Verfasst von), Lourdes Bolla de Lezcano (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Our Dermatology Online, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Leprosy in childhood is not a common finding. The risk of a child to develop the disease is 4 times greater in contact with close people and 9 times higher among household contacts. The maximum risk observed is when the contact is Multibacillary (MB) and intradomicilliary. Leprosy in c...