@article{24348,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Brazil, Child, Endemic Diseases, Female, Humans, leprosy, Middle Aged, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Retrospective Studies, Socioeconomic Factors, Topography, Medical, Young Adult},
  author = {Palacios VRCM and Bichara CNC and Dias RS and Sousa Junior AS and Cardoso RF and Barreiros GVN and Goncalves NV},
  title = {Analysis of the detection coefficient for the association between leprosy and pregnancy in the integration region of Carajás, State of Pará, Brazil.},
  abstract = {<p><b>INTRODUCTION: </b>The association between leprosy and pregnancy is currently poorly understood and has been linked to serious clinical consequences.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>A retrospective study between 2007 and 2009 was performed in the integration region of Carajás, Brazil on a population of pregnant lepers, with non-lepers of ages 12-49 years serving as the reference population.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Twenty-nine pregnant lepers were studied during the study period. The detection rates (DRs) for the studied association were 4.7 in 2007, 9.4 in 2008, and 4.3 in 2009.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>The Carajás region presented a medium pattern of endemicity during most of the study period, with a high DR found in 2008.</p>},
  year = {2013},
  journal = {Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical},
  volume = {46},
  pages = {650-3},
  month = {2013 Sep-Oct},
  issn = {1678-9849},
  url = {http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/2013nahead/0037-8682-rsbmt-00-00-20.pdf},
  doi = {10.1590/0037-8682-1459-2013},
  language = {eng},
}