title: Leprosy among children and adolescents under 15 years-old in a city of Legal Amazon, Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Leprosy is yet an important infectious disease in Brazil. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of leprosy among children and adolescents in a countryside city from Legal Amazon region.
  
  
  RESULTS
  there was a high frequency of Hansen's disease among children from 5 to 9 years-old, predominantly females, with multibacillary form, and dimorphous types.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  due to late diagnosis and higher frequency of treatment abandonment leprosy is a serious public health problem among children and adolescents is this small city.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological and Health Sciences (ICBS), Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Campus Universitario do Araguaia II, MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: M J S
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: C K B
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: de Toledo
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: de Moraes
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: David
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007918:Leprosy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D056006:Leprosy, Multibacillary / Q000196:embryology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence