ArticleRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical2020
Epidemiological, temporal and spatial dynamics of leprosy in a municipality in northeastern Brazil (2008-2017): an ecological study.
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- Disability as a neglected outcome of neglected tropical diseases: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative analysis of the leprosy detection rate regarding its clinical spectrum through PCR using theFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of paucibacillary cases of leprosy in Brazil: a 20-year systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of New Cases of Leprosy in the State of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
- Identifying clusters of leprosy patients in India: A comparison of methods.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Determining target populations for leprosy prophylactic interventions: a hotspot analysis in Indonesia.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Epidemiological characteristics of leprosy from 2000 to 2019 in a state with low endemicity in southern Brazil.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaObservational
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Abstract
introductionLeprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae.This study aimed to analyze the epidemiological, temporal, and spatial dynamics ofleprosy in a municipality in northeastern Brazil.
methodsThis is an ecological study on new leprosy cases in the population of Arapiraca (Alagoas, Northeast Region, Brazil), from 2008 to 2017. Data extracted from a national database were analyzed forepidemiological indicators, factors associated with physical disabilities, and spatialanalysis in the neighborhoods of Arapiraca.
resultsA total of 292 new cases of leprosy were recorded, particularly occurring among the following groups: women, the age group of 46-59 years, brown-skinned individuals, people with less than eight years of schooling, and urban residents; the new cases were also predominantly the tuberculoid form and were of the paucibacillary classification of the disease. Almost 1/3 of the people had some degree of physical disability, which was mainly associated with the group 60 years of age and older, black ethnicity, and the multibacillary clinical form of leprosy. The joinpoint regression showed a stationary temporal behavior of indicators. There was a heterogeneous spatial distribution with active transmission areas, especially in the neighborhoods Primavera, Baixão, Ouro Preto, and downtown.
conclusionsThe epidemiological indicators revealed complexity in the process of leprosy development. These spatial and temporal studies are relevant to help in the planning, monitoring, and guidance of interventions in the municipality. The spatial analysis showed heterogeneous distribution in the analyzed neighborhoods.
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