Time trend and identification of risk areas for physical disability due to leprosy in Brazil: An ecological study, 2001-2022
These results suggest an overall decrease in the detection of leprosy with physical disability in Brazil and highlight geographical disparities in the occurrence of leprosy disability. Interventions to promote early diagnosis should be targeted at areas with the highest rate of new cases with grade 2 disability.
Authors
- Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7995-1893)
- Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9601-6995)
- Tânia Rita Moreno de Oliveira Fernandes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7061-2825)
- Tarcísio Fulgêncio Alves da Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5982-9954)
- Márcio Bezerra‐Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9962-6537)
- Rodrigo José Videres Cordeiro de Brito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1561-4465)
- Thaís Silva Matos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7669-2320)
- Diogo Uester Silva Matos
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (BR)
- Universidade de Pernambuco (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10586-2
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Leprosy Research and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.79