Leprosy in elderly people and the profile of a retrospective cohort in an endemic region of the Brazilian Amazon.

João Sérgio de Sousa OliveiraAna Luisa Mendes Dos ReisLuana Pereira MargalhoGeovanna Lemos LopesAlison Ramos da SilvaNiele Silva de MoraesMarília Brasil Xavier

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2019)

The resulting data demonstrate that leprosy amongst the elderly deserves attention because of the increased susceptibility to disability in this age group, with their higher risk of reaction and their greater level of co-morbidity.

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