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ArticleAnais brasileiros de dermatologia

Leprosy in the elderly population of an endemic state in the Brazilian Northeast (2001-2017): epidemiological scenario.

Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Tânia Rita Moreno de Oliveira Fernandes, Thais Silva Matos, Clódis Maria Tavares

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Article in Anais brasileiros de dermatologia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Carlos Dornels Freire de SouzaFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Medical Program of Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil. Electronic address: carlos.freire@arapiraca.ufal.br.
Tânia Rita Moreno de Oliveira FernandesUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Medical Program of Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Thais Silva MatosProgram of Biological Sciences and Health of Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, PE, Brazil; Dr. Altino Lemos Santiago Leprosy Reference Center, Juazeiro, BA, Brazil.
Clódis Maria TavaresUniversidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; School of Nursery and Pharmacy, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This ecological study aims to analyze both the tendency and the characteristics of leprosy in the elderly population in the state of Bahia, 2001-2017. The tendency was analyzed through joinpoint regression. Epidemiological variables were also included in the study. The average detection rate was 38.73/100,000, with prevalence of men (45.19/100,000). A downward trend occurred in both genders, from 2004, with a greater magnitude in women (annual percent change [APC]=-3.4%). Men presented higher proportions of the multibacillary forms and physical disabilities. The epidemiological scenario indicates the need of implementation of actions that stimulate early diagnosis and treatment of the elderly population.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAge DistributionAge FactorsBrazilEndemic DiseasesFemaleHumansLeprosyMaleMiddle AgedPersons with DisabilitiesSex DistributionSocioeconomic FactorsTime FactorsAgingLeprosyMycobacterium leprae

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PMCPMC7058885

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