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High-risk areas of leprosy in Brazil between 2001-2015
Rodrigues,Rayssa Nogueira; Leano,Heloisy Alves de Medeiros; Bueno,Isabela de Caux; Araújo,Kleane Maria da Fonseca Azevedo; Lana,Francisco Carlos FélixABSTRACT Objectives: to identify high-risk areas of leprosy in Brazil from 2001 to 2015. Methods: this is an ecological study of spatial analysis based on Brazilian municipalities. Spatial scan statistics were used to identify spatial clustering and measure the relative risk from the annual detection rate of new cases of leprosy. By criterion based on the Gini index, only secondary clusters were considered. Res...
Integrative literature review of the reported uses of serological tests in lepr...
Fabri,Angélica da Conceição Oliveira Coelho; Carvalho,Ana Paula Mendes; Vieira,Nayara Figueiredo; Bueno,Isabela de Caux; Rodrigues,Rayssa NogueiraAbstract: 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 O...