@article{95849,
  author = {Marques N and Marques N and Cardozo I and Martelli D and de Lucena E and Oliveira E and Júnior H},
  title = {Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 on the diagnoses of Hansen's disease in Brazil.},
  abstract = {<p><b>INTRODUCTION: </b>Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has limited the access of patients with Hansen's disease (HD) to care due to changes in routine health services.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>To ascertain this, we compared the number of HD cases diagnosed before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>The decrease in HD cases in Brazil reached 18,223 (-48.4%), corresponding to an average reduction of 1,518 cases per month during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>Therefore, effective measures should be implemented to minimize the damage and the consequent negative health impact of COVID-19 on the care of HD patients.</p>},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical},
  volume = {54},
  pages = {e02512021},
  month = {01/2021},
  issn = {1678-9849},
  url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313100/pdf/1678-9849-rsbmt-54-e0251-2021.pdf},
  doi = {10.1590/0037-8682-0251-2021},
  language = {eng},
}