01480nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001500051653001000066653000900076653002200085653002500107653001000132653001100142653001200153653001100165653001200176653000900188653001600197653001600213653001500229653001700244653002600261653001600287100001500303700001400318700001500332245004500347300001100392490001500403520068600418022001401104       2008                            d  c200810aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aAged, 80 and over10aCase-Control Studies10aChild10aFemale10aHousing10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aOccupations10aOdds Ratio10aRisk Factors10aSocioeconomic Factors10aYoung Adult1 aSantos ASD1 aCastro DS1 aFalqueto A00a[Risk factors for Leprosy transmission].  a738-430 v61 Spec No3 a<p>This case-control study aimed to identify individual risk factors regarding the transmission of leprosy. The group case represented by 90 cases of leprosy sick people pontificated at SINAN during 2003 and 2006 and a group control constituted by 270 healthy people, paired by gender and age. There was significant statistical between occurrence of the disease and its current presence (OR: 2,9) and old cases (OR= 5,0) of leprosy among co-sanguine relatives. Knowing that the only exam of the contact in the act of the diagnostic detects a minimum part of the new cases, it is proposed to execute periodical examinations of the contact of leprosy for detecting the new cases.</p>  a0034-7167