Contact with armadillos increases the risk of leprosy in Brazil: A case control study

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 338-342

  Deps, P ^a,b   Alves, B ^a   Gripp, C ^a   Aragao R ^a   Guedes, B V S ^a   Filho, J ^a   Andreatta, M ^a   Marcari, R ^a   Prates, I C A ^b   Rodrigues, L ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b Leprosy Control Programme of the Metropolitan Region of Vitória   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armadillo; Brazil; Case control study; Leprosy; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 52149101263     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.42897     Document Type: Article

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