01546nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001653003400042653001300076653001200089653002100101653001100122653001900133100001400152700001400166700001400180700001400194700001600208700001600224700001900240245012100259856006600380300001000446490000700456520081700463       2019                            d10aEarly Diagnosis and Treatment10aChildren10aleprosy10aHealth Promotion10aBrazil10aSchoolchildren1 aXavier MB1 aSouza HSL1 aCosta SMR1 aSilva MJF1 aMiranda NIF1 aQueiroz MFA1 aGonçalves CGC00a[Early diagnosis of leprosy in children of Vila Santo Antônio do Prata, hyperendimic region in the state of Pará].  uhttp://revistas2.uepg.br/index.php/conexao/article/view/12577  a37-420 v153 a<p>This article reports the extension project of early detection of leprosy in schoolchildren from the Eastern Amazon. These are the activities developed by the project ''Health promotion focusing on education and diagnosis of leprosy in children in schools in the village of Santo Antônio do Prata'', linked to a Higher Education Institution in the North of Brazil and conducted between March and July 2017 in a hyperendemic area. Children (n = 154) were screened using a protocol from the Brazilian Health Ministry with the histopathological criteria in children aged 3 to 7 years old. The importance of this type of activity is that school age does not usually represent an age group of leprosy occurrence, so its detection indicates the need for early diagnosis to control leprosy at the family level.</p>