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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/63091| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 on the diagnoses of hansen's disease in brazil |
| Authors: | Nelson Pereiramarques Nádia Carolina Teixeira Marques Iberto Medeiros Cardozo Daniella Reis Barbosa Martelli Edson Gomes de Lucena Eduardo Araújo de Oliveira Hercílio Martelli Júnior |
| Abstract: | Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has limited the access of patients with Hansen's disease (HD) to care due to changes in routine health services. Methods: To ascertain this, we compared the number of HD cases diagnosed before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The decrease in HD cases in Brazil reached 18,223 (-48.4%), corresponding to an average reduction of 1,518 cases per month during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: Therefore, effective measures should be implemented to minimize the damage and the consequent negative health impact of COVID-19 on the care of HD patients. |
| Subject: | Leprosy Hansens'disease Pandemic |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE PEDIATRIA |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1590/0037-8682-0251-2021 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/63091 |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0251-2021 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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