Leprosy classification for use in control programs

Cesar Bernardi; Jair Ferreira; Gisela del Pino; Lucio Bakos; Antonio Carlos Gerbase; Roberto Lopes Gervini; Miriam Gutierres

doi:10.47878/hi.1981.v6.36116

Authors

Cesar Bernardi Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.
Jair Ferreira Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.
Gisela del Pino Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.
Lucio Bakos Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.
Antonio Carlos Gerbase Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.
Roberto Lopes Gervini Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.
Miriam Gutierres Medical Doctors with the Dermatology Unit Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department — Porto Alegre — Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47878/hi.1981.v6.36116

Keywords:

Hanseniasis, Classification, Control

Abstract

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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