Epidemiological profile of leprosy reactions in a referral center in Campinas (SP), Brazil, 2010-2015

Epidemiological profile of leprosy reactions in a referral center in Campinas (SP), Brazil, 2010-2015

Leprosy patients can present reactions during the course of the disease. There are no official data on these reactions in Brazil. We aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics of patients with such reactions, analyzing information from patient records at a referral center in Campinas (SP)...

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Veröffentlicht in:Anais brasileiros de dermatología 2018-06, Vol.93 (3), p.460-461
Hauptverfasser: Ambrosano, Letícia, Santos, Marcel Alex Soares Dos, Machado, Elaine Cristina Faria Abrahão, Pegas, Elisangela Samartin
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Brazil - epidemiology
Communication
Cross-Sectional Studies
DERMATOLOGY
Female
Humans
Leprosy
Leprosy - diagnosis
Leprosy - epidemiology
Leprosy, Borderline
Leprosy, lepromatous
Leprosy, multibacillary
Leprosy, Multibacillary - diagnosis
Leprosy, paucibacillary
Leprosy, tuberculoid
Male
Middle Aged
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Zusammenfassung:Leprosy patients can present reactions during the course of the disease. There are no official data on these reactions in Brazil. We aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics of patients with such reactions, analyzing information from patient records at a referral center in Campinas (SP), from 2010 to 2015.
ISSN:0365-0596
1806-4841
1806-4841
DOI:10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187260