Leprosy New Case Detection Trends and the Future Effect of Preventive Interventions in Pará State, Brazil: A Modelling Study.

• Autores principales: Haroldo José de Matos (Autor), David J Blok (Autor), Sake J de Vlas (Autor), Jan Hendrik Richardus (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Leprosy remains a public health problem in Brazil. Although the overall number of new cases is declining, there are still areas with a high disease burden, such as Pará State in the north of the country. We aim to predict future trends in new case detection rate (NCDR) and explore the potential imp...