Estimating underreporting of leprosy in Brazil using a Bayesian approach.

• Main Authors: Guilherme L de Oliveira (Author), Juliane F Oliveira (Author), Júlia M Pescarini (Author), Roberto F S Andrade (Author), Joilda S Nery (Author), Maria Y Ichihara (Author), Liam Smeeth (Author), Elizabeth B Brickley (Author), Maurício L Barreto (Author), Gerson O Penna (Author), Maria L F Penna (Author), Mauro N Sanchez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Leprosy remains concentrated among the poorest communities in low-and middle-income countries and it is one of the primary infectious causes of disability. Although there have been increasing advances in leprosy surveillance worldwide, leprosy underreporting is still c...