Investigation of an outbreak of disease compatible with scurvy in a male penitentiary in the state of Ceará, Brazil, 2019-2020: a case-control study

• Main Authors: Leonardo José Alves de Freitas (Author), Fernanda Sindeaux Camelo (Author), Maria Júlia Araújo Borges (Author), Ricristhi Gonçalves de Aguiar Gomes (Author), Magda Moura de Almeida (Author), Danniely Carolinne Soares da Silva (Author), Márcio Henrique de Oliveira Garcia (Author), Elizabeth David dos Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ministério da Saúde do Brasil, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the occurrence of an outbreak compatible with scurvy and exposure factors associated with typical signs/symptoms of hypovitaminosis that occurred in a male penitentiary in Ceará, Brazil between 2019-2020. Methods: this was a population-based case-control study; we us...