@article{93200,
  keywords = {Epidemiology, leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae},
  author = {Souza CDFD and Santos FGB and Leal TC and Paiva JPSD},
  title = {Trend of leprosy detection rate in Brazil, 1990 to 2016.},
  abstract = {<p>The objective of this study was to describe the trend of detection of the disease in Brazil from 1990 to 2016. The joinpoint regression model was used. There was a significant trend of decreased detection in the country (average annual percent change -1.8%) and in the South (average annual percent change=-3.5%) and Southeast regions (average annual percent change=-4.5%). The Northeast (average annual percent change=0.2%), the Central-West (average annual percent change=-1.5%), and the North (average annual percent change=-2.6%) showed a stationary trend (p>0.05). Eleven states showed a decreasing trend. Alagoas (average annual percent change=2.1%) and Rio Grande do Norte (average annual percent change=1.4%) presented significant increase (p<0.001). The heterogeneous pattern of trend between regions and states shows that efforts are needed to eliminate the disease.</p>},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {Anais brasileiros de dermatologia},
  volume = {94},
  pages = {603-607},
  month = {01/2019},
  issn = {1806-4841},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0365059619300480?via%3Dihub},
  doi = {10.1016/j.abd.2018.10.003},
  language = {eng},
}