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

• Main Authors: Christine Murto (Author), Frédérique Chammartin (Author), Karolin Schwarz (Author), Lea Marcia Melo da Costa (Author), Charles Kaplan (Author), Jorg Heukelbach (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...