Leprosy in children under fifteen years of age in the most hyperendemic municipality in Brazil

• Main Authors: Ricardo Milhomem Costa (Author), Marcela Silva Menezes (Author), Maria Sortênia Alves Guimarães (Author), Eliane Patrícia Pereira Franchi (Author), Lorena Dias Monteiro (Author), Mariana Caroline Tocantins Alvim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective: To describe leprosy involvement and physical disability profiles in children and adolescents under 15 years old. Methods: Ecological time series study, based on data from the Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System, including new cases of leprosy residing in Palmas (TO),...