Importance The World Health Organization (WHO) 2016-2020 Global Leprosy Strategy aims
to reinvigorate efforts to control leprosy and avert leprosy disability to less than 1 per million …

OBJETIVO: Descrever o perfil clínico-epidemiológico de pacientes acometidos pela
hanseníase. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal-observacional realizado em uma unidade de …

Background Leprosy is potentially debilitating. The risk factors related to physical disabilities
associated with leprosy disease in Yunnan, China was not clear. Methodology/Principal …

Background Leprosy is an infectious and contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium
leprae and is mainly characterized by lesions in the skin and peripheral nerves. In Brazil, it is …

Objetivos: analisar as características epidemiológicas e distribuição dos casos novos de
hanseníase na população de Paulo Afonso, Bahia, entre 2000 e 2015. Método: estudo …

Background. Leprosy is an infectious disease that can lead to physical disabilities and
stigmatization. It remains an important public health problem, especially in Brazil. Objective …

Background This epidemiological study aimed to analyse both the distribution and
characteristics of leprosy in an endemic province in Northwest China. Methods The medical …

Background: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that is endemic in Brazil and little
studied in patients over 60 years old. Objective: The aim of this study was the …

Tema 4. Comportamiento epidemiológico de la lepra en Costa Rica Page 1 Revista Clínica de
la Escuela de Medicina UCR-HSJD 28 Comport amiento epidemiológico de la lepra en Costa …

RESUMO O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a distribuição espacial da hanseníase e sua
relação com o Índice de Vulnerabilidade da Saúde (IVS). Tratase de estudo ecológico de …