ArticleRevista de saude publica2018
Leprosy and gender in Brazil: trends in an endemic area of the Northeast region, 2001-2014.
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- Disability progression among leprosy patients released from treatment: a survival analysis.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2020Article
- Trends and forecasts of leprosy for a hyperendemic city from Brazil's northeast: Evidence from an eleven-year time-series analysis.PloS one · 2020Article
- Impact of health interventions on epidemiological and operational leprosy indicators in a hyperendemic municipality of Brazil.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2020Article
- Socioeconomic determinants of leprosy new case detection in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort: a population-based linkage study.The Lancet. Global health · 2019Article
- Epidemiology and Spatiotemporal Patterns of Leprosy Detection in the State of Bahia, Brazilian Northeast Region, 2001⁻2014.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2018Article
- Grade 2 disabilities in leprosy patients from Brazil: Need for follow-up after completion of multidrug therapy.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Leprosy in the elderly population of an endemic state in the Brazilian Northeast (2001-2017): epidemiological scenario.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaArticle
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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 leprosy data from the National Information System for Notifiable Diseases. The time trend analysis included Poisson regression models by infection points (Joinpoint) stratified by gender. RESULTS There was a total of 40,054 new leprosy cases with a downward trend of the overall detection rate (Average Annual Percent Change [AAPC = -0.4, 95%CI -2.8-1.9] and a non-significant increase in children under 15 years (AAPC = 0.2, 95%CI -3.9-4.5). The proportion of grade 2 disability among new cases increased significantly (AAPC = 4.0, 95%CI 1.3-6.8), as well as the proportion of multibacillary cases (AAPC = 2.2, 95%CI 0.1-4.3). Stratification by gender showed a downward trend of detection rates in females and no significant change in males; in females, there was a more pronounced upward trend of the proportion of multibacillary and grade 2 disability cases. CONCLUSIONS Leprosy is still highly endemic in the state of Bahia, with active transmission, late diagnosis, and a probable hidden endemic. There are different gender patterns, indicating the importance of early diagnosis and prompt treatment, specifically in males without neglecting the situation among females.
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