01518nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653001900054653004200073653002900115653001200144100001400156700001500170700001500185700001400200245010100214300001600315490000600331520097500337       2011                            d  c07/201110aFamily health.10aPrimary health care; Health promotion10aCommunity Health Nursing10aleprosy1 aSilva A P1 aSantos A S1 aSantos R A1 aSilva S P00aRelation of infection among household contacts and leprosy patients in Petrolina-PE city, Brazil  a1345–13520 v53 aObjective: to identify the relation of infection among household contacts and patients with leprosy. Methodology: this is study descriptive, exploratory and cross-sectional study from quantitative approach in the area enrolled in a Family Health Unit in Petrolina-PE city. The sample consisted of 11 patients with leprosy and 23 household contacts. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira protocol n. 1701. Results: patients were mostly female with a diagnosis of paucibacillary. As for communicating data, it was realized that the age ranged between 18 and 74, with school level heterogeneity. It was noted that contacts had lived for a long period of patients with clinical forms of higher transmission power. Conclusions: it is essential to control the contacts of leprosy patients through effective performance of the team of family health.