Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 on the diagnoses of Hansen's disease in Brazil
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: T...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:70d9dc7478234d89ae75e56088881680 2023-05-15T15:00:18+02:00 Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 on the diagnoses of Hansen's disease in Brazil Nelson Pereira Marques Nádia Carolina Teixeira Marques Iberto Medeiros Cardozo Daniella Reis Barbosa Martelli Edson Gomes de Lucena Eduardo Araújo Oliveira Hercílio Martelli Júnior 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0251-2021 https://doaj.org/article/70d9dc7478234d89ae75e56088881680 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822021000100650&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0251-2021 https://doaj.org/article/70d9dc7478234d89ae75e56088881680 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 54 (2021) COVID-19 Hansen's disease Pandemics Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0251-2021 2022-12-30T21:39:01Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 54 |
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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. |
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Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 on the diagnoses of Hansen's disease in Brazil |
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Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 on the diagnoses of Hansen's disease in Brazil |
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