Medication against the leprosy is free. Novartis laboratories give it to Brazilian government. Within 15 days or a month
Medication against the leprosy is free. Novartis laboratories give it to Brazilian government. Within 15 days or a month treatment a person doesn’t transmit the illness. CONTACT TRACING AND BCG VACCINATION OF CONTACTS Contact tracing is done for two reasons. First, clinical examination of contacts aims to detect cases of leprosy in earlier stages of the disease, before the patient develops deformities and disabilities. However, there is no consensus in the literature on the extent to which the early administration of MDT prevents disability, as irreversible tissue lesions can be present before diagnosis and MDT, and can progress after treatment is started. Second, BCG vaccination of household contacts aims to reduce the number of new cases in the household of contacts. But the impact of BCG vaccination on the control of leprosy in this subpopulation hinges on two questions: whether BCG vaccination of contacts is protective, and what proportion of all cases can thus be prevented.
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