BCG Vaccination Status, Age, and Gender as Risk Factors for Leprosy in Endemic Areas in the Brazilian Amazon

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima (Συγγραφέας), Jasna Letícia Pinto Paz (Συγγραφέας), Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Corrêa Amador Silvestre (Συγγραφέας), Letícia Siqueira Moura (Συγγραφέας), Ismari Perini Furlaneto (Συγγραφέας), Karla Valéria Batista Lima (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: MDPI AG, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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In 2018, 208,619 new cases of leprosy were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). Of these, 30,957 occurred in the Americas region and 28,660 (92.6% of the total in the Americas) were reported in Brazil. This study aimed to show the reality of the profile of a population in an endemic lepr...