Objective: analyze serological profile and spatial distribution of Mycobacterium leprae infection and disease. Methods: cross-sectional study with cases of leprosy (n=42), household contacts (n=81) and school contacts (n=358). Interviews, dermato-neurological examination, serological and georeferencing made. Results: all seropositive cases lived in rural areas, more than two people per household, 50.0% had alte...
Objetivo: analisar a tendência de indicadores epidemiológicos da hanseníase em um estado endêmico. Métodos: estudo ecológico de tendência temporal. Os dados foram retirados do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação e a análise realizada por regressão linear generalizada pelo método de Prais Winsten. Resultados: foram analisados 12.134 casos novos de hanseníase. Observou-se tendência decrescente para ta...
Objective: to analyze the epidemiological trends of leprosy in an endemic state. Methods:ecological study of temporal trends. The data were taken from the National Disease Notification System and analyzed through a generalized linear regression using the Prais Winsten method. Results: a total of 12,134 new cases of leprosy were analyzed. There was a downward trend of -4.8% in the overall detection rate and of -...
Objetivo: analisar a tendência dos indicadores epidemiológicos da hanseníase relacionados ao diagnóstico e incapacidade física. Métodos: estudo ecológico de séries temporais. Os dados secundários foram extraídos do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação brasileiro. Utilizou-se análise linear generalizada de Prais-Winsten para análise de tendência. Resultados: analisou-se 240.028 casos novos de hansenía...
Objective: to analyze the trend of epidemiological indicators of leprosy related to diagnosis and physical disability. Methods: ecological study of time series. The secondary data were extracted from the Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System. Prais-Winsten generalized linear analysis was used for trend analysis. Results: 240,028 new cases of leprosy were analyzed. The Northeast region showed a decrea...
Objective: to analyze the trend of epidemiological indicators of leprosy related to diagnosis and physical disability. Methods: ecological study of time series. The secondary data were extracted from the Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System. Prais-Winsten generalized linear analysis was used for trend analysis. Results: 240,028 new cases of leprosy were analyzed. The Northeast region showed a decrea...
-; An integrative literature review was conducted to synthesize available publications regarding the potential use of serological tests in leprosy programs. We searched the databases Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde, Índice Bibliográfico Espanhol em Ciências da Saúde, Acervo da Biblioteca da Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, ...
Objective: to analyze the epidemiological trends of leprosy in an endemic state. Methods: ecological study of temporal trends. The data were taken from the National Disease Notification System and analyzed through a generalized linear regression using the Prais Winsten method. Results: a total of 12,134 new cases of leprosy were analyzed. There was a downward trend of -4.8% in the overall detection rate and of ...