Artículos de revistas
Brazilian society of dermatology against leprosy
Fecha
2016-05-01Registro en:
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, v. 91, n. 3, p. 393-395, 2016.
1806-4841
0365-0596
10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164648
S0365-05962016000300393
2-s2.0-84978399730
S0365-05962016000300393.pdf
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade do Oeste Paulista (Unoeste)
Institución
Resumen
The Brazilian Society of Dermatology promoted a national campaign against leprosy in 2012, involving their State Regional, Accredited Services of Dermatology and Referral Services in Leprosy. Consisted of clarification to the population about the disease and a day of medical voluntary service. Ninety services (57 Accredited Services and 33 Reference Services) participated, distributed in 23 states. The campaign examined 3,223 people and 421 new cases were diagnosed, 54,4% female, 74,3% between 19 and 64 years and 8,3% in children under 15 years. Of the 217 classified cases, 58,5% was paucibacillary and 41,5% was multibacillary. The results were posted on the Brazilian Society of Dermatology website.