01632nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001653001200042653001200054653002800066653001400094653001800108653001100126100001300137700001500150700001400165700001400179700001400193700001400207245010300221856007500324300001100399490000700410520096100417       2018                            d10aleprosy10aNursing10aSearch for communicator10aAnamnesis10aPhysical exam10aBrazil1 aGoes FDS1 aTavares CM1 aSilva JMO1 aSantos TS1 aGomes NMC1 aSantos KS00a[Hanseniasis coprevalence in contacts with age between 5 and 15 years in the Northeast of Brazil].  uhttps://rigs.ufba.br/index.php/enfermagem/article/download/26100/17045  ae261000 v323 a<p>Objective: to evaluate the co-prevalence of leprosy in contacts between the ages of 5 and 15 years. Method: this is a descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, carried out from November 2014 to July 2015. The study population was composed of intradomiciliary and peridomiciliary contacts of people affected by leprosy who were in the age range of 5 to 15 years. The sample consisted of 73 contacts. Results: of the total of evaluated, 30 (41.0%) were intradomiciliary and 43 (59.0%), peridomiciliary. Among the contacts, 27 (37.0%) were considered dermatological symptomatic; Of these, 17 (23.3%) suspected leprosy patients had one to eight lesions, most of them hypochromic spots (82,3%). Conclusion: among the contacts examined in this study, aged between 5 and 15 years, the co-prevalence of leprosy was not diagnosed, but the number of contacts classified as suspects was high, which is worrisome from the epidemiological point of view.</p>