Grade 2 disabilities in leprosy patients from Brazil: Need for follow-up after completion of multidrug therapy.

• Egile Nagusiak: Marcos Túlio Raposo (Egilea), Martha Cerqueira Reis (Egilea), Ana Virgínia de Queiroz Caminha (Egilea), Jörg Heukelbach (Egilea), Lucy Anne Parker (Egilea), Maria Pastor-Valero (Egilea), Maria Ines Battistella Nemes (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Leprosy continues to be a public health problem in many countries. Difficulties faced by health services include late diagnosis, under-reporting of new cases, adequate monitoring of disabilities and treatment. Furthermore, systematic follow-up after completion of treatment is important, w...