Leprosy and pregnancy: detection coefficient and proposal for a new index

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Vera Regina Da Cunha Menezes Palácios¹  Nelson Veiga Gonçalves¹  Cléa Nazaré Carneiro Bichara¹  Mauro José Pantoja Fontelles¹  Régis Bruni Andriolo¹  Jarbas Barbosa Da Silva Junior¹  Marinete Marins Póvoa¹ 

关键词: Leprosy;    Pregnancy;    Epidemiology;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0026-2014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Introduction Our study presents a method to generate a novel detection coefficient for the association between leprosy and pregnancy (DCLP). Methods The DCLP was calculated for women from the State of Pará (2007-2009), Brazil. Data were ordered, divided into five equal parts (corresponding to the P20, P40, P60, and P80 percentiles), and classified as low, medium, high, very high, or hyperendemic. Results Using the new index, we established the DCLP parameters for low (<0.36), medium (0.36-0.69), high (0.70-1.09), very high (1.10-1.50), and hyperendemic (>1.50). Conclusions The new DCLP is more appropriate than the overall detection coefficient (DC), which does not take into account the particularities of the interaction between a disease and a specific physiological state.

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