02446nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001653001700042653002900059653001200088100001200100700001500112245007900127856026000206300001000466490000600476520179400482       2018                            d10aEpidemiology10aHealth Status Indicators10aleprosy1 aAlves C1 aRibeiro MD00a[Epidemiological profile of leprosy in Teresópolis-RJ from 2011 to 2016].  uhttp://scholar.google.nl/scholar_url?url=http://www.revista.unifeso.edu.br/index.php/faculdadedemedicinadeteresopolis/article/download/977/511&hl=nl&sa=X&d=9753598638557484761&scisig=AAGBfm3YvhjUY-ftbPAlj5sHhvxB9NkMMQ&nossl=1&oi=scholaralrt&hist=732gnZIAA  a50-640 v23 a<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Leprosy is one of the oldest diseases of mankind, and still constitutes a major public health problem in Brazil. It is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by <em>Mycobacterium leprae</em>, which has high infectivity and low pathogenicity. At the beginning of the treatment, the transmission of the disease is interrupted and, if carried out in a complete and correct, ensures the cure of the disease. Health professionals should always have an attitude of vigilance in relation to potentially incapacitating disease, which causes economic and psychological damage to the carriers. <strong>Aims: </strong>To describe the epidemiology of the disease in the municipality of Teresópolis-RJ, 2011-2016, and demonstrate indicators that help to characterize the morbidity, magnitude, strength of transmission and the trend of the endemy, may subsidize actions to fight this disease in the municipal scope. <strong>Methods: </strong>This is a descriptive and quantitative study, which uses as an instrument for collecting the file of notification/research of Leprosy of SINAN, this being a notifiable disease throughout Brazil and research required. <strong>Results:</strong>18 cases were reported in recent years, being the most prevalent age range from 40 to 70 years, 67% of residents in the urban area, 77.7% with a low educational level, 61% of the cases were multibacillary and 55.5% had some degree of physical incapacity in the diagnosis. <strong>Conclusions:</strong>There is a prevalence in the population with disadvantaged socioeconomic conditions and the endemics has been decreasing in recent years, however, we detected a high rate of delayed diagnosis, requiring actions of permanent education to the population and health professionals.</p>