Introduction: In addition to infection with Mycobacterium leprae, type 1 and 2 reactions represent acute inflammatory events in the chronic course of multibacillary leprosy, which may persist for long periods. Case Report: A young woman presenting borderline lepromatous leprosy and persistent type 2 reaction with difficult clinical conduction. Discussion: The case illustrates the diagnostic challenge in leprosy...
The aim of this study was to analyze operational indicators and time trends in leprosy control from a gender perspective in Bahia State, Brazil, from 2001 to 2014. This was a time series study based on epidemiological data on leprosy from the Brazilian National System of Diseases of Notification, using joinpoint Poisson and polynomial regression. Of the 40,054 new cases of leprosy, 47.1% of the recorded contact...
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