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ArticleEpidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil2026

Temporal trend and factors associated with physical disability due to leprosyl: a time series study, Brazil, 2014-2023.

Everton Dos Santos Araújo, Jefferson Felipe Calazans Batista, Yasmim Ingrid Nascimento Santos, Marcos Antonio Almeida-Santos

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Article in Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Everton Dos Santos AraújoUniversidade Tiradentes, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Meio Ambiente, Aracaju, SE, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-7203
Jefferson Felipe Calazans BatistaUniversidade Tiradentes, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Meio Ambiente, Aracaju, SE, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3681-7990
Yasmim Ingrid Nascimento SantosUniversidade Tiradentes, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Meio Ambiente, Aracaju, SE, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4565-6510
Marcos Antonio Almeida-SantosUniversidade Tiradentes, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Meio Ambiente, Aracaju, SE, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0622-6257

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Abstract

Objective: To analyze the temporal trend and factors associated with physical disability due to leprosy in Brazil from 2014 to 2023. Methods: Time series study subdivided into the analysis of operational indicators and factors associated with the degree of disability due to leprosy in Brazil. The data were extracted from the Notifiable Diseases Information System ( Conclusion: In summary, lower chances of presenting grade 1 or grade 2 physical disabilities were associated with female sex, tuberculoid clinical form, residence in the Southeast and South regions, and higher education level.

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LeprosyPersons with DisabilitiesAdolescentAdultAgedAge FactorsBrazilChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansIncidenceLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsCross-Sectional Studies.Leprosy, MultibacillaryLeprosy, TuberculoidMycobacterium lepraeTime Series Studies

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