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Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza1, Thiago Cavalcanti Leal1, João Paulo Silva de Paiva1
1Department of Medicine, Center for the Study of Social and Preventative Medicine, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil.
Abstract:
This study analyzed the trend of leprosy indicators in Sergipe, between 2001 and 2015. It was a time series study that analyzed the trend for general detection coefficient, children under 15 years of age, and new cases with grade 2 disability. The joinpoint model was used. Two (2.6%) municipalities had an increasing trend in general detection coefficient, five (6.6%) had an increasing trend in detection rate in children under 15, and 19 (25.3%) had an increasing trend in detection coefficient of new leprosy cases with grade 2 disability. The findings suggest maintenance of the chain of transmission.
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