Armadillo meat intake was not associated with leprosy in a case control study, Curitiba (Brazil)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 857-862

  Schmitt, Juliano Vilaverde ^a   Dechandt, Ivone Tod ^a   Dopke, Gisele ^a   Ribas, Maria Luiza ^a   Cerci, Felipe Bochnia ^a   Viesi, Juliana Maria Zucco ^a   Marchioro, Helena Zenedin ^a   Zunino, Mariana Martins Bardou ^a   Miot, Hélio Amante ^b  

^a Fundacao Pro Hansen   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Armadillos; Case and control study; Hansen's disease; HD; Leprosy; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 78649286045     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000700003     Document Type: Article

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