Spatial clustering, social vulnerability and risk of leprosy in an endemic area in Northeast Brazil: an ecological study.

C D F de SouzaV S RochaN F SantosT C LealJ P S de PaivaC C C OliveiraP R S Martins-FilhoM A F M MagalhãesL E CuevasVictor Santana Santos

Published in: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2019)

Social vulnerability is strongly associated with leprosy transmission and maintenance of disease incidence. Leprosy control programmes should be targeted to the populations with high social vulnerability.

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