Importance of epidemiological surveillance of leprosy: analysis of the occurrence of leprosy in intra-domiciliary contacts in a capital in the Brazilian northeast region

INTRODUCTION: Intra-domiciliary contacts are a group with the highest risk of developing leprosy. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of intra-domiciliary contacts of new leprosy cases was conducted. A descriptive analysis of the variables was performed. RESULTS: Among 190 contacts, 63% were invited to...

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Autores principales: Trindade, Luciana Cavalcante, Martins, Lourdes Conceição, Marques, Danielle Medeiros, Mendes, Micheline da Silveira, Fonseca, Fernando Luiz Affonso, Pereira, Luiz Alberto Amador
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Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7094054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32187344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0507-2019
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author Trindade, Luciana Cavalcante
Martins, Lourdes Conceição
Marques, Danielle Medeiros
Mendes, Micheline da Silveira
Fonseca, Fernando Luiz Affonso
Pereira, Luiz Alberto Amador
author_facet Trindade, Luciana Cavalcante
Martins, Lourdes Conceição
Marques, Danielle Medeiros
Mendes, Micheline da Silveira
Fonseca, Fernando Luiz Affonso
Pereira, Luiz Alberto Amador
author_sort Trindade, Luciana Cavalcante
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description INTRODUCTION: Intra-domiciliary contacts are a group with the highest risk of developing leprosy. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of intra-domiciliary contacts of new leprosy cases was conducted. A descriptive analysis of the variables was performed. RESULTS: Among 190 contacts, 63% were invited to visit the health unit, and 54.2% received the BCG vaccine. The prevalence of leprosy among the contacts was 4.7%. CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of leprosy among the contacts was high and similar to that found previously. There were failures in surveillance actions carried out by health units. Never-before treated cases were found.
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spelling pubmed-70940542020-03-25 Importance of epidemiological surveillance of leprosy: analysis of the occurrence of leprosy in intra-domiciliary contacts in a capital in the Brazilian northeast region Trindade, Luciana Cavalcante Martins, Lourdes Conceição Marques, Danielle Medeiros Mendes, Micheline da Silveira Fonseca, Fernando Luiz Affonso Pereira, Luiz Alberto Amador Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Short Communication INTRODUCTION: Intra-domiciliary contacts are a group with the highest risk of developing leprosy. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of intra-domiciliary contacts of new leprosy cases was conducted. A descriptive analysis of the variables was performed. RESULTS: Among 190 contacts, 63% were invited to visit the health unit, and 54.2% received the BCG vaccine. The prevalence of leprosy among the contacts was 4.7%. CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of leprosy among the contacts was high and similar to that found previously. There were failures in surveillance actions carried out by health units. Never-before treated cases were found. Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2020-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7094054/ /pubmed/32187344 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0507-2019 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
spellingShingle Short Communication
Trindade, Luciana Cavalcante
Martins, Lourdes Conceição
Marques, Danielle Medeiros
Mendes, Micheline da Silveira
Fonseca, Fernando Luiz Affonso
Pereira, Luiz Alberto Amador
Importance of epidemiological surveillance of leprosy: analysis of the occurrence of leprosy in intra-domiciliary contacts in a capital in the Brazilian northeast region
title Importance of epidemiological surveillance of leprosy: analysis of the occurrence of leprosy in intra-domiciliary contacts in a capital in the Brazilian northeast region
title_full Importance of epidemiological surveillance of leprosy: analysis of the occurrence of leprosy in intra-domiciliary contacts in a capital in the Brazilian northeast region
title_fullStr Importance of epidemiological surveillance of leprosy: analysis of the occurrence of leprosy in intra-domiciliary contacts in a capital in the Brazilian northeast region
title_full_unstemmed Importance of epidemiological surveillance of leprosy: analysis of the occurrence of leprosy in intra-domiciliary contacts in a capital in the Brazilian northeast region
title_short Importance of epidemiological surveillance of leprosy: analysis of the occurrence of leprosy in intra-domiciliary contacts in a capital in the Brazilian northeast region
title_sort importance of epidemiological surveillance of leprosy: analysis of the occurrence of leprosy in intra-domiciliary contacts in a capital in the brazilian northeast region
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7094054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32187344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0507-2019
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