Temporal trend of leprosy in a region of high endemicity in the Brazilian Northeast

• Main Authors: Thayza Miranda Pereira (Author), Lucilane Maria Sales da Silva (Author), Maria Socorro de Araújo Dias (Author), Lorena Dias Monteiro (Author), Maria Rocineide Ferreira da Silva (Author), Olga Maria de Alencar (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
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ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the temporal trend and epidemiological patterns of leprosy indicators in Sobral, a municipality countryside of the state of Ceará, from 2001 to 2016. Method: a time series study based on data from the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System. The time tr...