@article{8275,
  keywords = {Adjuvants, Immunologic, Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, BCG Vaccine, Brazil, Child, Child, Preschool, Contact Tracing, Family Health, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Population Surveillance, Retrospective Studies, Young Adult},
  author = {Dessunti EM and Soubhia Z and Alves E and Aranda CM and Barro MPAA},
  title = {[Leprosy: control of household contacts in the municipality of Londrina-PR for a ten-year period].},
  abstract = {<p>The purpose of this descriptive study is to analyze variables related to leprosy patients' household contacts who received treatment in Londrina-PR-Brazil for a ten-year period. The data analysis was based on the health service's records and from a system of infectious disease. Out of 1055 leprosy's patients, it was recorded 3394 contacts with an average of 3,2. The most exposed individuals were those aged up to 40 (71,5%); son/daughter (40.6%) and husband/wife (17.8%). Of the1731 contacts (51.0%) examined, 183 showed some signs of the disease: there were 16 confirmed cases, 47 were excluded and 120 did not finish the clinical investigation. Most of the contacts (51.6%) were exposed to the multibacillary forms and 12.8% proved they were vaccinated with two doses of BCG. It is possible to conclude that the follow-up of the contacts was not adequate.</p>},
  year = {2008},
  journal = {Revista brasileira de enfermagem},
  volume = {61 Spec No},
  pages = {689-93},
  month = {2008},
  issn = {0034-7167},
  doi = {10.1590/s0034-71672008000700006},
  language = {por},
}