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“…8 Although there is little in the literature on studies in Brazil concerning the relationship between strategies of operational intervention and epidemiological indicators, a survey in Rio de Janeiro also showed a positive influence of decentralization of diagnosis and treatment of leprosy in the detection of new cases. 8 In relation to the number of new cases of leprosy detected, a municipality can be classified, according to the most recent parameters of the Ministry of Health (MOH), in hyperendemic, when the number of cases is greater than or equal to 40.00 per 100,000 inhabitants; very high: 20.00 to 39.99 per 100,000 inhabitants; high: 10.00 to 19.99 per 100,000 inhabitants; average: 2.00 to 9.99 per 100,000 inhabitants; and low, when less than 2.00 per 100,000 inhabitants. Therefore, graph I shows that the rates in the city of Teresina remained high during the period 2001-2008, which characterizes it as hyperendemic, showing that there is continued transmission of the disease, which points to the need of improving actions aimed at strengthening early detection of cases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…8 Although there is little in the literature on studies in Brazil concerning the relationship between strategies of operational intervention and epidemiological indicators, a survey in Rio de Janeiro also showed a positive influence of decentralization of diagnosis and treatment of leprosy in the detection of new cases. 8 In relation to the number of new cases of leprosy detected, a municipality can be classified, according to the most recent parameters of the Ministry of Health (MOH), in hyperendemic, when the number of cases is greater than or equal to 40.00 per 100,000 inhabitants; very high: 20.00 to 39.99 per 100,000 inhabitants; high: 10.00 to 19.99 per 100,000 inhabitants; average: 2.00 to 9.99 per 100,000 inhabitants; and low, when less than 2.00 per 100,000 inhabitants. Therefore, graph I shows that the rates in the city of Teresina remained high during the period 2001-2008, which characterizes it as hyperendemic, showing that there is continued transmission of the disease, which points to the need of improving actions aimed at strengthening early detection of cases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Brazil has recently prioritized the transmission of leprosy between adolescents aged <15 years 2 as the indicator of leprosy endemic monitoring, thus strengthening the idea of the active transmission of this disease 3 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…8,9 . Diversos estudos apontam que a descentralização melhorou a detecção de casos da doença, com aumento no registro dos mesmos 10 . A distribuição da hanseníase na população brasileira é profundamente desigual no que diz respeito aos espaços geográficos e às condições econômicas e sociais, como ocupação, escolaridade e renda 11,12,13 .…”
Section: Investigação Dos Contatos Intradomiciliaresunclassified