Temporal trend of leprosy in a region of high endemicity in the Brazilian Northeast.

Thayza Pereira Miranda Lucilane Maria Sales da Silva Maria do Socorro de Araújo Dias Lorena Dias Monteiro Maria Rocineide Ferreira da Silva Olga Maria de Alencar

Published in: Revista brasileira de enfermagem (2019)

leprosy remains hyperendemic in adults and children, demonstrating the character of neglected disease. Analysis of the temporal trend allowed to verify that the instability in the detection coefficients, reflect operational problems in the organization of the services.

Keyphrases

mental health
healthcare
young adults
primary care
loop mediated isothermal amplification
sensitive detection