01227nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100001300054700001300067700001300080700001600093245011800109856007400227490000700301520073500308022001401043       2021                            d  c01/20211 aChagas D1 aDiniz LM1 aLucas EA1 ade Moraes M00aRelapse in leprosy and drug resistance assessment in a tertiary hospital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil.  uhttps://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/v54/1678-9849-rsbmt-54-e0375-2020.pdf0 v543 a<p><b>INTRODUCTION: </b>Leprosy recurrence is the reappearance of the disease after treatment with current schemes and discharged for cure and may have variable incubation periods.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>This is a descriptive observational study of leprosy recurrence in Espírito Santo diagnosed between January 2018 and January 2020.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>One hundred and ninety-two cases were available, of which 30 were diagnosed with leprosy recurrence.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>In 25 cases, the incubation period was 5-15 years after the first treatment, favoring bacillary persistence. In the remaining 5 cases, the disease had recurred after 15 years, pointing to reinfection as none of them exhibited drug resistance.</p>  a1678-9849