2018
DOI: 10.14295/aimj.v2i4.33
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Hansen’s Disease Epidemiological Profile Characterization in Cajazeiras Region in the State of Paraíba

Abstract: Abstract:Hansen's Disease is a chronic, infectious and slowly evolving disease caused by the etiologic agent Mycobacterium leprae, or Hansen's bacillus. The contagion is by secretions of the upper airways and droplets of saliva. Although it is a basically cutaneous disease, it can also affect peripheral nerves, eyes and eventually other organs. Its presentation is manifested in four clinical forms: indeterminate, tuberculoid, borderline or dimorphic and virchowian. And the operational classification for therap… Show more

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