Leprosy-related mortality in Brazil: A neglected condition of a neglected disease

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 643-652

  Martins melo, Francisco Rogerlândio ^a,b   Assunção ramos, Adriana Valéria ^c,d   Ramos, Alberto Novaes ^a   Alencar, Carlos Henrique ^a   Montenegro, Renan Magalhães ^a   Wand del rey de oliveira, Maria Leide ^e   Heukelbach, Jorg ^a,f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Science and Technology   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

^d Municipal Secretary of Health of Fortaleza   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brazil; Epidemiology; Leprosy; Mortality; Spatial analysis; Time analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; RISK; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGLECTED DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84943783553     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trv069     Document Type: Article

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