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Spatial analysis of leprosy incidence and associated socioeconomic factors
(REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICASAO PAULO, 2012)
OBJECTIVE: To identify clusters of the major occurrences of leprosy and their associated socioeconomic and demographic factors. METHODS: Cases of leprosy that occurred between 1998 and 2007 in Sao Jose do Rio Preto ...
Leprosy exposure, infection and disease: a 25-year surveillance study of leprosy patient contacts
(Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2019)
Polymorphisms in the TGFB1 and IL2RA genes are associated with clinical forms of leprosy in Brazilian population
(Fundaco Oswaldo Cruz, 2018-01-01)
BACKGROUND Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, and compromises the skin and peripheral nerves. This disease has been classified as multibacillary (MB) or paucibacillary (PB) depending ...
Leprosy frequency in the world, 1999-2010
(0074-0276, 2020)
Towards leprosy elimination by 2020: Forecasts of epidemiological indicators of leprosy in corrientes, a province of northeastern Argentina that is a pioneer in leprosy elimination
(Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2017-04)
BACKGROUND: Corrientes, a province of northeastern Argentina with endemic leprosy, has improved its epidemiological indicators, however, a study of the dynamics over time is lacking. OBJECTIVES We analysed data of 1308 ...
Leprosy control: perspectives & epidemiological and operational aspects
(Instituto de Medicina Tropical, 2014)
Leprosy in children and adolescents under 15 years old in an urban centre in Brazil.
(2017-05-26)
This original study describes the intra-urban distribution of cases of leprosy in residents under 15 years old in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; the study also identifies the environment in which Mycobacterium leprae
is being ...