Active surveillance of Hansen's Disease (leprosy): importance for case finding among extra-domiciliary contacts.

• Main Authors: Maria L N Moura (Author), Kathryn M Dupnik (Author), Gabriel A A Sampaio (Author), Priscilla F C Nóbrega (Author), Ana K Jeronimo (Author), Jose M do Nascimento-Filho (Author), Roberta L Miranda Dantas (Author), Jose W Queiroz (Author), James D Barbosa (Author), Gutemberg Dias (Author), Selma M B Jeronimo (Author), Marcia C F Souza (Author), Maurício L Nobre (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hansen's disease (leprosy) remains an important health problem in Brazil, where 34,894 new cases were diagnosed in 2010, corresponding to 15.3% of the world's new cases detected in that year. The purpose of this study was to use home visits as a tool for surveillance of Hansen's disea...