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Optimized Protocols for Mycobacterium leprae Strain Management: Frozen Stock Preservation and Maintenance in Athymic Nude Mice
Published on: March 23, 2014
[Public policies in Leprosy: contribution in reduction of social exclusion]
Regina Célia Dias1, Elisete Silva Pedrazzani
1Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP.
Abstract:
The study examines the performance of the sector of leprosy as a municipality of Minas Gerais, from January 1996 to December 2004, through a descriptive and retrospective study of medical records of patients who started multi-drug therapy in this period. It was the frequent presence of the state technical supervision, with attention to the most severe cases, courses of training for professionals and constant support in the face of difficulties. The result was increasing the number of cases detected and improvement in quality of care to the diseased of leprosy. Currently, 100% of cases are assessed on the degree of disability, in addition to monitoring the reactions and neuritis, thus preventing deformities.
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