Active search strategies, clinicoimmunobiological determinants and training for implementation research confirm hidden endemic leprosy in inner São Paulo, Brazil.

• Main Authors: Fred Bernardes Filho (Author), Claudia Maria Lincoln Silva (Author), Glauber Voltan (Author), Marcel Nani Leite (Author), Ana Laura Rosifini Alves Rezende (Author), Natália Aparecida de Paula (Author), Josafá Gonçalves Barreto (Author), Norma Tiraboschi Foss (Author), Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>This study evaluates implementation strategies for leprosy diagnosis based on responses to a Leprosy Suspicion Questionnaire (LSQ), and analyzes immunoepidemiological aspects and follow-up of individuals living in a presumptively nonendemic area in Brazil.<h4>Met...