Leprosy and gender in Brazil: trends in an endemic area of the Northeast region, 2001–2014

Leprosy and gender in Brazil: trends in an endemic area of the Northeast region, 2001–2014

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze, stratifield by gender, trends of the new case leprosy detection rates in the general population and in children; of grade 2 disability, and of proportion of multibacillary cases, in the state of Bahia, Brazil from 2001 to 2014. METHODS A time series study based on...

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Main Authors: Eliana Amorim de Souza, Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Reagan Nzundu Boigny, Carlos Henrique Alencar, Jorg Heukelbach, Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo, Jaqueline Caracas Barbosa, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-02-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Hanseníase, epidemiologia
Gênero e Saúde
Notificação de Doenças
Doenças Endêmicas
Doenças Negligenciadas
Estudos de Séries Temporais
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