Abstract:Objective: to analyze the sociodemographic and clinical profile of reported cases of
Hansen´s disease in children under 15 years old in the municipality of São Luís - Maranhão - Brazil.
Method: descriptive study conducted with 826 cases reported in the Notifiable Diseases Information System, in São Luís - Maranhão, in the period from 2010 to 2019. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and were expressed in absolute and relative frequencies.
Results: age group between 10 and 14 years (60.29%), male … Show more
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