Leprosy in a prison population: A new active search strategy and a prospective clinical analysis.
Fred Bernardes FilhoJaci Maria SantanaRegina Coeli Palma de AlmeidaGlauber VoltanNatália Aparecida de PaulaMarcel Nani LeiteClaudia Maria Lincoln SilvaCamila TormenaLean BasoliJoelma MenezesMoises Batista da SilvaJohn Stewart SpencerOswaldo Wiliam Marques JuniorNorma Tiraboschi FossMarco Andrey Cipriani FradePublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)
Our findings within the penitentiary demonstrated a hidden prevalence of leprosy, although the individuals diagnosed were likely infected while living in their former communities and not as a result of exposure in the prison. The LSQ proved to be an important screening tool to help identify leprosy cases in prisons.
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