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ReviewDer Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete2020

[Leprosy in Amazonas-impressions of the National Leprosy Program].

A Vanegas Ramirez, M Roswora, K Völker, M Fischer

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Review in Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.0field-weighted citation impact, top 62% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A Vanegas RamirezKlinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie am Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg (BwKrhs HH) und Fachbereich Tropenmedizin des BwKrhs HH am Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Lesserstr. 180, 22049, Hamburg, Deutschland. andreavanegasramirez@bundeswehr.org.
M RosworaKlinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie am Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg (BwKrhs HH) und Fachbereich Tropenmedizin des BwKrhs HH am Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Lesserstr. 180, 22049, Hamburg, Deutschland.
K VölkerKlinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie am Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg (BwKrhs HH) und Fachbereich Tropenmedizin des BwKrhs HH am Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Lesserstr. 180, 22049, Hamburg, Deutschland.
M FischerKlinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie am Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg (BwKrhs HH) und Fachbereich Tropenmedizin des BwKrhs HH am Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Lesserstr. 180, 22049, Hamburg, Deutschland.
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · DEBundeswehrkrankenhaus · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to the often late detection and the neurological disability as a consequence of the disease, leprosy plays an important role in the public health system of emerging countries with the highest prevalence such as India and Brazil. The National Leprosy Control Program of the Ministry of Health and the Health Institutions of the Federal States in Brazil has implemented a strategy to ensure successful treatment of people in rural areas both at the preventive and curative level. A successful screening program, timely treatment of patients according to the stage of disease, and the introduction of preventive measures have significantly reduced the prevalence of leprosy in Brazil over the last 20 years. Due to limited medical care and socioeconomic weakness in the Amazon region in Brazil, the early eradication of leprosy does not seem to be currently realistic.

Indexed as

Mass ScreeningPublic HealthBrazilEndemic DiseasesHealth PromotionHumansLeprosyProgram EvaluationAmazonasBrazilNeurological manifestationsPrimary preventionScreening program

Identifiers

PMID32333041
OpenAlexW3018834253

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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