Leprosy classification for use in control programs
Some classifications of Leprosy currently in use are reviewed and the difficulties of their application in field work are analysed. While it is recognized the scientific value of these classifications in order to identify precisely the clinical, bacteriological, histological and immunological aspec...
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Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima
1981-11-01
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| author | Cesar Bernardi Jair Ferreira Gisela del Pino Lucio Bakos Antonio Carlos Gerbase Roberto Lopes Gervini Miriam Gutierres |
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Some classifications of Leprosy currently in use are reviewed and the difficulties of their application in field work are analysed. While it is recognized the scientific value of these classifications in order to identify precisely the clinical, bacteriological, histological and immunological aspects of the disease, an alternative simplified classification is suggested, to be used in control programmes. In this classification clinical forms that require the same public health action are put together. Thus, clinical forms are reduced to three basic groups. The clinical and laboratory criteria which define each group are presented, as well as the correlation between this simplified classification and the classic one.
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| spelling | doaj.art-251c80e39d2f493bb2e9bcf8c749c0ab2023-12-15T14:31:12ZengInstituto Lauro de Souza LimaHansenologia Internationalis1982-51611981-11-016210.47878/hi.1981.v6.36116Leprosy classification for use in control programsCesar Bernardi0Jair Ferreira1Gisela del Pino2Lucio Bakos3Antonio Carlos Gerbase4Roberto Lopes Gervini5Miriam Gutierres6Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil. Some classifications of Leprosy currently in use are reviewed and the difficulties of their application in field work are analysed. While it is recognized the scientific value of these classifications in order to identify precisely the clinical, bacteriological, histological and immunological aspects of the disease, an alternative simplified classification is suggested, to be used in control programmes. In this classification clinical forms that require the same public health action are put together. Thus, clinical forms are reduced to three basic groups. The clinical and laboratory criteria which define each group are presented, as well as the correlation between this simplified classification and the classic one. https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/36116HanseniasisClassificationControl |
| spellingShingle | Cesar Bernardi Jair Ferreira Gisela del Pino Lucio Bakos Antonio Carlos Gerbase Roberto Lopes Gervini Miriam Gutierres Leprosy classification for use in control programs Hansenologia Internationalis Hanseniasis Classification Control |
| title | Leprosy classification for use in control programs |
| title_full | Leprosy classification for use in control programs |
| title_fullStr | Leprosy classification for use in control programs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leprosy classification for use in control programs |
| title_short | Leprosy classification for use in control programs |
| title_sort | leprosy classification for use in control programs |
| topic | Hanseniasis Classification Control |
| url | https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/36116 |
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