Leprosy and pregnancy in the State of Para: an epidemiological perspective

Introduction A few older publications describe leprosy associated with pregnancy, a situation that has been linked to leprosy exacerbation. This study aimed to describe the detection rate of this association in the State of Pará by county and Integration Region (IR) from 2007 to 2009 via an analysis...

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Main Authors: Vera Regina da Cunha Menezes Palacios, Clea Nazare; Carneiro Bichara, Jarbas Barbosada Silva Junior, Rodrigo da Silva Dias, Nelson Veiga Goncalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-07-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000400453&lng=en&tlng=en