TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Brazil
KW - Child
KW - Endemic Diseases
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Socioeconomic Factors
KW - Topography, Medical
KW - Young Adult
AU - Palacios VRCM
AU - Bichara CNC
AU - Dias RS
AU - Sousa Junior AS
AU - Cardoso RF
AU - Barreiros GVN
AU - Goncalves NV
AB - <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>
BT - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23904076?dopt=Abstract
CN - PALACIOS 2013
DA - 2013 Sep-Oct
DO - 10.1590/0037-8682-1459-2013
IS - 5
J2 - Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.
LA - eng
N2 - <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>
PY - 2013
SP - 650
EP - 3
T2 - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
TI - Analysis of the detection coefficient for the association between leprosy and pregnancy in the integration region of Carajás, State of Pará, Brazil.
UR - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/2013nahead/0037-8682-rsbmt-00-00-20.pdf
VL - 46
SN - 1678-9849
ER -