| Autor: |
Maritza Cardenas, Jacinto Convit, Teresa Rivera, Ramón Sosa, Pablo Gonzalez, José Morales, Elsa Rada, Nacarid Aranzazu, Rafael Borges, Olga Zerpa, Forquis Sanchez, Juan José Parra |
| Rok vydání: |
2012 |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Dermatology. 51:186-194 |
| ISSN: |
0011-9059 |
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Background Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease produced by Mycobacterium leprae. In 1997 Venezuela reached the goal of elimination of leprosy as a public health problem (according to the World Health Organization a prevalence rate of ≤1/10,000 inhabitants), but five states still had prevalence rates over that goal. For this study we selected Cojedes State, where prevalence rates remain over the elimination goal. Objective Evaluate the real leprosy situation in high-prevalence areas of Cojedes State. Materials and methods Seven communities of Cojedes State were selected because they had the highest historic prevalence, as well as the highest prevalence in the year to be studied (1997). Results A rank correlation using Spearman’s test comparing historical prevalence rates (1946–1996) and detection rates (1998–2004) gave a statistically significant P |
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OpenAIRE |
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