%0 Journal Article %K Social determinants %K sex differences %K leprosy %B Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene %D 2025 %G eng %I Oxford University Press (OUP) %R 10.1093/trstmh/traf048 %T Male sex is associated with a higher risk of multibacillary leprosy and leprosy-associated disability in northeast Brazil %U https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/trstmh/traf048/8129359?redirectedFrom=fulltext %9 Research Article