01589nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001653001200042653003300054653002600087100001300113700001400126700001800140700001300158700001400171245009000185856007800275490000700353520103500360       2017                            d10aleprosy10aCommunicable Disease Control10aPrimary care nursing.1 aSousa GC1 aVieira FS1 aOliveira DÉP1 aCosta ES1 aMoura MES00aClinical-epidemiological characterization of leprosy cases with physical disabilities  uhttp://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/view/25430 v183 a<p><strong>Objective: </strong>to characterize the clinical-epidemiological profile of cases of multibacillary leprosy, diagnosed with physical disabilities. <strong>Methods: </strong>this is a cross-sectional and retrospective study. The sample consisted of 276 cases of diagnosed leprosy. <strong>Results:</strong> leprosy mainly affects males, of brown skin color, low education and with a mean age of 51.96 years old (standard deviation, SD=20.33 years old). The Virchowian and dimorphic clinical forms are mainly responsible for the transmission of the disease and the development of physical disabilities. Decreased or lost sensation in hands and feet, trophic ulcers and traumatic injuries, as well as clawed hands were the physical disabilities prevalent in the study. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>the cases with physical disabilities are predominantly affected by multibacillary clinical forms, and they can be inferred in the maintenance of the transmission chain and the late detection of severe forms of leprosy.</p>