TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Age Factors KW - Aged KW - Brazil KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Infant KW - Infant, Newborn KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Sex Factors KW - Transients and Migrants AU - Belda W AU - Lombardi C AB -

The authors describe and evaluate the distribution of 2.081 new cases of Hanseniasis, recorded in the State of São Paulo (Brazil) in 1978, according to the following personal characteristics of the patient: sex, age, place of birth, education level and housing. The distribution of the cases according to some characteristics related to the disease and to health care, are also described and discussed: clinical types of the disease, duration of the disease, occasion and manner in which the patient sought for health care (spontaneously or not). The geographic distribution of cases and the secular trend of new cases recorded in the last 10 years, are also presented and discussed.

BT - Hansenologia internationalis C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/261979?dopt=Abstract DA - 1979 Dec IS - 2 J2 - Hansenol Int LA - por N2 -

The authors describe and evaluate the distribution of 2.081 new cases of Hanseniasis, recorded in the State of São Paulo (Brazil) in 1978, according to the following personal characteristics of the patient: sex, age, place of birth, education level and housing. The distribution of the cases according to some characteristics related to the disease and to health care, are also described and discussed: clinical types of the disease, duration of the disease, occasion and manner in which the patient sought for health care (spontaneously or not). The geographic distribution of cases and the secular trend of new cases recorded in the last 10 years, are also presented and discussed.

PY - 1979 SP - 98 EP - 112 T2 - Hansenologia internationalis TI - [Incidence of Hansen's disease in the State of São Paulo in 1978]. VL - 4 SN - 0100-3283 ER -