01259nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100001400054700001400068700001400082700001500096700001600111700001500127700001400142245009100156856009500247300001400342490000700356520066400363022001401027       2021                            d  c01/20211 aMarques N1 aMarques N1 aCardozo I1 aMartelli D1 ade Lucena E1 aOliveira E1 aJúnior H00aImpact of the coronavirus disease 2019 on the diagnoses of Hansen's disease in Brazil.  uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313100/pdf/1678-9849-rsbmt-54-e0251-2021.pdf  ae025120210 v543 a<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>  a1678-9849