Leprosy among patient contacts: A multilevel study of risk factors

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Sales, Anna M ^a   Ponce de Leon, Antonio ^b   Düppre, Nádia C ^a   Hacker, Mariana A ^a   Nery, José Augusto C ^a   Sarno, Euzenir N ^a   Penna, Maria L F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953774317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001013     Document Type: Article

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