RESUMEN * Introducción: La lepra es un problema de salud con elevado impacto biopsicosocial, sin embargo, no se encuentra un estudio que la caracterice en el municipio de Guantánamo. Objetivo: Caracterizar aspectos clínicos de la lepra en el municipio Guantánamo en el periodo de 2015-2019. Méto...
Abstract Leprosy is an infectious disease with chronic evolution, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast bacillus that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nervous tissue. Many of the clinical manifestations of leprosy can mimic connective tissue diseases. The authors present the case of a 49-yea...
Resumo As orientações para prevenção de incapacidades físicas por hanseníase vêm ganhando destaque no controle da doença para além da poliquimioterapia. O objetivo deste artigo é descrever as mudanças, de forma cronológica, nas orientações técnicas para prevenção das incapacidades físic...
Abstract Brazil is the second nation in absolute number of new cases of leprosy in the world. The country presents many regions highly endemic to the disease, as is the case of the Goiás. The present study aims to analyze the temporal trends of leprosy indicators in Goiás between 2006 and 2015. This st...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: We compared the hidden prevalence of leprosy in two Brazilian cities with distinct differences regarding geographic region and socio-economic development profile, namely, Juazeiro, Bahia and Joinville, Santa Catarina. METHODS: A retrospective epidemiological study based on secondary ...
Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar a distribuição espacial dos casos de hanseníase no município de Sobral, Ceará, entre 2010 e 2017, utilizando técnicas de geoprocessamento. Trata-se de um estudo epidemiológico ecológico, de referência temporal transversal com abordagem quantitativa, realiza...
Abstract This study analyzed the trend of leprosy indicators in Sergipe, between 2001 and 2015. It was a time series study that analyzed the trend for general detection coefficient, children under 15 years of age, and new cases with grade 2 disability. The joinpoint model was used. Two (2.6%) municipalit...
The frequencies of the Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles in the Puyanawa indigenous reserve population and their association with the NDO-LID and ELISA PGL-1 rapid serological test was assessed. This was a cross-sectional study with an epidemiological clinical design conducted in two indigenous commu...
Resumo O trabalho analisa a distribuição espacial da hanseníase na Bahia e os determinantes sociais relacionados. Estudo ecológico com dados de hanseníase do período 2001-2015. Três indicadores epidemiológicos foram selecionados: coeficiente de detecção na população geral e em menores de 15 a...
This study aimed to analyze the social representations of residents of a colony hospital (CH), in the northeast of Brazil, about the institution itself. Participants were 16 residents, aged between 48 and 85 years (M = 67.0 years, SD = 9.7). Data were collected using a sociodemographic questionnaire and ...
