TY - JOUR
KW - Adjuvants, Immunologic
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Age Distribution
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - BCG Vaccine
KW - Brazil
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Contact Tracing
KW - Family Health
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Infant
KW - Infant, Newborn
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Population Surveillance
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Young Adult
AU - Dessunti EM
AU - Soubhia Z
AU - Alves E
AU - Aranda CM
AU - Barro MPAA
AB - <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>
BT - Revista brasileira de enfermagem
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19009109?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2008
DO - 10.1590/s0034-71672008000700006
J2 - Rev Bras Enferm
LA - por
N2 - <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>
PY - 2008
SP - 689
EP - 93
T2 - Revista brasileira de enfermagem
TI - [Leprosy: control of household contacts in the municipality of Londrina-PR for a ten-year period].
VL - 61 Spec No
SN - 0034-7167
ER -