TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Age Factors
KW - Brazil
KW - Child
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Sex Factors
AU - Asseis E A
AU - Tornero N
AU - Magalhães L B
AU - Priscinotti T
AU - Barth Y L
AU - Casagrande N A
AB - <p>The authors studied some characteristics of hanseniasis, through registered data, in the Public Health District of Londrina, in the State of Paraná, Brazil. As mean finds, they verified that 49,3% of the patients were V + D cases; 29,5% were I cases and 21,2% T cases. "Incidence", in Londrina city, ranged between 6,6 to 18,7 per 100.000 and the prevalence rate, calculated by the last years, was even greater than 3,0 per 1000. The authors concluded that the area is highly endemical for hanseniasis.</p>
BT - Hansenologia internationalis
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7347324?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1981 Jun
IS - 1
J2 - Hansenol Int
LA - por
N2 - <p>The authors studied some characteristics of hanseniasis, through registered data, in the Public Health District of Londrina, in the State of Paraná, Brazil. As mean finds, they verified that 49,3% of the patients were V + D cases; 29,5% were I cases and 21,2% T cases. "Incidence", in Londrina city, ranged between 6,6 to 18,7 per 100.000 and the prevalence rate, calculated by the last years, was even greater than 3,0 per 1000. The authors concluded that the area is highly endemical for hanseniasis.</p>
PY - 1981
SP - 55
EP - 62
T2 - Hansenologia internationalis
TI - [Some aspects of Hansen's disease in the region of Londrina PR, 1968-1978 - 1. General characteristics].
VL - 6
SN - 0100-3283
ER -