Over 200,000 new cases of leprosy are detected each year, of which approximately 7% are
associated with grade-2 disabilities (G2Ds). For achieving leprosy elimination, one of the …

More than a billion people—one-sixth of the world's population, mostly in developing
countries—are infected with one or more of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Several …

Objective: To investigate in the literature the relation of socioeconomic factors in the
incidence of the disease and other outcomes related to leprosy. Method: Integrative review …

Importance Despite progress toward reducing global incidence, leprosy control remains a
challenge in low-and middle-income countries. Objective To estimate new case detection …

OBJETIVO: Analisar a associação entre indicadores sociais e ambientais e o coeficiente de
detecção de hanseníase (CDH) na Amazônia brasileira. MÉTODOS: Neste estudo …

OBJETIVO: descrever a incidência da hanseníase e as características dos casos notificados
no estado de Rondônia, Brasil. MÉTODOS: foi realizado estudo descritivo com dados do …

Many genes including HLA, KIR, and MICA genes, as well as polymorphisms in cytokines
have been investigated for their role in infectious disease. HLA alleles may influence not …

Objetivo: Investigar na literatura a relação dos fatores socioeconômicos na ocorrência da
doença e outros desfechos relacionados à hanseníase. Método: Revisão integrativa …

Some patients with proteinase 3 specific anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (PR3-
ANCA) also have antibodies that react to complementary-PR3 (cPR3), a protein encoded by …

Background Many epidemiological studies have shown that the genetic factors of the host
play a role in the variability of clinical response to infection caused by M. leprae. With the …