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0156/2015 - The Context Of Leprosy In Brazil-Paraguay Border
O Contexto Da Hanseaníase Na Fronteira Brasil – Paraguai

Author:

• Maria Elizabeth Araujo Ajalla - Araujo Ajalla, Maria Elizabeth - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde - <mabeajalla@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Sonia Maria Oliveira Andrade - Andrade, Sonia Maria Oliveira - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde - <soniaufms@gmail.com>
• Edson Mamoru Tamaki - Tamaki, E.M. - Campo Grande, MS - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde - <edson.tamaki@ufms.br>
• Sanda Helena Correia Diettrich - Diettrich, Sanda Helena Correia - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde - <shcd1@hotmail.com>
• William Waissmann - Waissmann, William - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública - <william.waissmann@gmail.com>
• Baldomero Antonio Kato Silva - Silva, Baldomero Antonio Kato - Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Universitário Ministro Reis Velloso - <ftbaldok@uol.com.br>

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

In Brazil, leprosy is endemic in three regions: the North, Northeast, and Mid-West. In Mato Grosso do Sul state, in the Mid-West region, 12 counties are located along the border with Bolivia and Paraguay. Counties with contiguous binational urban areas are characterized by a constant flow of people, goods, and services, which facilitates the transmission of diseases and influences the epidemiological profile of leprosy. The purpose of this study was to examine territorial differences in relation to the incidence of leprosy, focusing on border counties with contiguous binational urban areas or otherwise. Each county was taken as an information unit for leprosy cases reported during 2001-2011, based on data from original notification records of the state’s Department of Health. In counties with contiguous binational urban areas detection rates showed tendency to increase, Virchowian (lepromatous) disease (0.80/100,000 inhabitants) and disability grade II (0.38/100,000 inhabitants) predominated when compared with Groups II and III: 0.64 and 0.54/100,000 inhabitants for Virchowian desease and 0.14 and 0.27/100,000 inhabitants for disability grade II respectively, and were associated with higher transmission rates. The findings demonstrate the role of border areas in maintaining the endemicity of leprosy.

Keywords:

leprosy border area disease epidemiology

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Araujo Ajalla, Maria Elizabeth , Andrade, Sonia Maria Oliveira , Tamaki, E.M., Diettrich, Sanda Helena Correia , Waissmann, William , Silva, Baldomero Antonio Kato . The Context Of Leprosy In Brazil-Paraguay Border. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2015/Aug). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-context-of-leprosy-in-brazilparaguay-border/15225?id=15225&id=15225



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