Patterns of migration and risks associated with leprosy among migrants in Maranhão, Brazil.

• Автори: Christine Murto (Автор), Frédérique Chammartin (Автор), Karolin Schwarz (Автор), Lea Marcia Melo da Costa (Автор), Charles Kaplan (Автор), Jorg Heukelbach (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Предмети: article
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Leprosy remains a public health problem in Brazil with new case incidence exceeding World Health Organization (WHO) goals in endemic clusters throughout the country. Migration can facilitate movement of disease between endemic and non-endemic areas, and has been considered a possible factor in conti...