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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Diagnosis of Leprosy in Brazil: An Ecological and Population-Based Study of a Millenary and Still Neglected Disease

2021-09-14

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The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has severely impacted global health. Actions to control the transmission of the virus, such as social distancing measures, can impair the diagnosis, treatment, and control of other infections, especially neglected tropical diseases, as leprosy. Herein, we assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on leprosy diagnosis in Brazil during 2020, by me...

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Literature Corpus work: 4b412e22-e89f-517e-a34e-525b40ce4c53
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3918868

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