@article{94088,
  keywords = {Health profile, Epidemiology},
  author = {da  Silva PSR and Cunha NGT and Oliveira LS and Santos MCA},
  title = {Clinical-epidemiological profile of leprosy patients in a municipality of Maranhão},
  abstract = {Objective:To  analyze  theclinical-epidemiological  profile  of  patients  with  leprosy  in  a  municipality  in Maranhão  from  2015  to  2017.
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Methods:This  is  an  epidemiological,  retrospective,  descriptive  study  with  a quantitative approach, in which secondary data from of the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN). Microsoft  Excel  2013  software  was  used  to  tabulate  data  and  create  graphs  and  tables.
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Results:In  the period from 2015 to 2017, 265 cases of leprosy were reported, with a predominance in males (63%), aged between 30 and 39 years (20%), the highest occurrence of multibacillary cases (89%), being the dimorphic clinical form the most frequent (66,4%).  As for  the  entry mode, most cases were registered as a new case (68,7%), the predominant mode of detection was spontaneous demand (36%) and with regard to the degree of physical disability in the diagnosis, the highest part of the patients presented degree 0 of disability (44%). In the type of exit, exit by cure predominated (54%).
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Conclusion:Leprosy remains a public health problem in  the  region,  since  the  municipality  is  still  considered  hyper-endemic  for  the  disease,  according  to parameters established by the Ministry of Health.},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Revista Eletrônica Acervo Saúde},
  volume = {12},
  issn = {2178-2091},
  url = {https://www.acervomais.com.br/index.php/saude/article/view/3468/2151},
  language = {por},
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