INTRODUCTION: The use of the Self-Image Form (SIF) expands the identification of active leprosy cases to neighbors of index cases.
METHODS: The SIF was used to screen two groups: case (neighbors of index cases of leprosy) and control (individuals residing next to houses without leprosy) group. A specialist investigated suspected leprosy cases for disease confirmation.
RESULTS: New cases of leprosy were diagnosed in the case group (n = 7, 8.6%), but not the control group.
CONCLUSIONS: The new surveillance strategy is inexpensive, efficient, and feasible within a primary health strategy. Future studies can help improve the use of the SIF.
BT - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26312941?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1590/0037-8682-0015-2015 IS - 4 J2 - Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. LA - eng N2 -INTRODUCTION: The use of the Self-Image Form (SIF) expands the identification of active leprosy cases to neighbors of index cases.
METHODS: The SIF was used to screen two groups: case (neighbors of index cases of leprosy) and control (individuals residing next to houses without leprosy) group. A specialist investigated suspected leprosy cases for disease confirmation.
RESULTS: New cases of leprosy were diagnosed in the case group (n = 7, 8.6%), but not the control group.
CONCLUSIONS: The new surveillance strategy is inexpensive, efficient, and feasible within a primary health strategy. Future studies can help improve the use of the SIF.
PY - 2015 SP - 488 EP - 490 T2 - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical TI - New strategies for active finding of leprosy cases in the Amazonian region. UR - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/v48n4/1678-9849-rsbmt-48-04-00488.pdf VL - 48 SN - 1678-9849 ER -