Surveillance of intradomiciliary contacts of leprosy cases: perspective of the client in a hyperendemic municipality.

Objective: To characterize approach methods for intradomiciliary contacts (IdC) of leprosy cases resident in Northern Brazil, during 2001-2012.

Method: A cross-sectional and descriptive study in the state of Rondônia. Included IdC of leprosy cases diagnosed/reported in SINAN-Ministry of Health (MS), 2001-2012.

Temporal trends of leprosy in a Brazilian state capital in Northeast Brazil: epidemiology and analysis by joinpoints, 2001 to 2012.

The objective of this study was to characterize epidemiological and temporal trends of leprosy in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, from 2001 to 2012. A total of 9,658 new cases were reported. Their temporal trend was analyzed by the jointpoint regression model.

Physical disabilities at diagnosis of leprosy in a hyperendemic area of Brazil: trends and associated factors.

Introduction: Tocantins State in north Brazil remains endemic for leprosy, with high detection rates and occurrence of disabilities at diagnosis. We analyzed trends and identified factors associated with the occurrence of disability at diagnosis.

Methods: We analyzed data from the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN).

Spatial patterns of leprosy in a hyperendemic state in Northern Brazil, 2001-2012.

Objective: To describe the spatial patterns of leprosy in the Brazilian state of Tocantins.

Methods: This study was based on morbidity data obtained from the Sistema de Informações de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN - Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System), of the Ministry of Health. All new leprosy cases in individuals residing in the state of Tocantins, between 2001 and 2012, were included.

[Leprosy trends in Tocantins, a hyperendemic State in the North of Brazil, 2001-2012].

Leprosy is hyperendemic in the State of Tocantins, Brazil. The aim of the study was to analyze trends in leprosy indicators in Tocantins from 2001 to 2012, based on analysis of data from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN), including incident cases living in Tocantins. The study calculated leprosy indicators and analyzed time trends using polynomial regression.