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Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna
Researcher at Federal Fluminense University
Publications - 73
Citations - 1914
Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna is an academic researcher from Federal Fluminense University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Leprosy & Population. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 72 publications receiving 1620 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna include Universidade Federal de Goiás & Rio de Janeiro State University.
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II Consenso Brasileiro de Tuberculose: Diretrizes Brasileiras para Tuberculose 2004
Adauto Castelo Filho,Afrânio Lineu Kritski,Ângela Werneck Barreto,Antônio Carlos Moreira Lemos,Antônio Ruffino Netto,Carlos Alberto Guimarães,Célio Lopes Silva,Clemax Couto Sant'Anna,David Jamil Haddad,Dinalva Soares Lima,Eliana Dias Matos,Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz Melo,Fernando Augusto Fiuza de Melo,Germano Gerhardt Filho,Giovanni Antonio Marsico,Guida Silva,Helio Ribeiro de Siqueira,Hisbello da Silva Campos,Humberto Saconato,Inês Dourado,José Rosemberg,José Ueleres Braga,Joseney Raimundo dos Santos,Márcia Seiscento,Marcus Barreto Conde,Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo,Margarida Maria Mattos Brito de Almeida,Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna,Mauricio Lima Barreto,Miguel Aiub Hijjar,Mônica Kramer de Noronha Andrade,Ninarosa Calvazara Cardoso,Norma Irene Soza Pineda,Olavo Henrique Munhoz Leite,Pedro Dornelles Picon,Rodney Luiz Frare e Silva,Solange B. Cavalcanti,Susan Martins Pereira,Valéria Maria Augusto,Vera Maria Neder Galesi,Walkyria Pereira Pinto +40 more
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Effect of the Brazilian conditional cash transfer and primary health care programs on the new case detection rate of leprosy.
Joilda Silva Nery,Susan Martins Pereira,Davide Rasella,Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna,Rosana Aquino,Laura C. Rodrigues,Mauricio Lima Barreto,Gerson Oliveira Penna +7 more
TL;DR: At the same time the Family Health Program had been effective in increasing the new case detection rate of leprosy in Brazil, the Bolsa Família Program was associated with a reduction of the new cases detection rate that is proposed reflects a reduction inLeprosy incidence.
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Leprosy among patient contacts: a multilevel study of risk factors.
Anna Maria Sales,Antonio Ponce de Leon,Nádia Cristina Duppre,Mariana A. Hacker,José Augusto da Costa Nery,Euzenir Nunes Sarno,Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna +6 more
TL;DR: Biological and social factors appear to be associated with leprosy among co-prevalent cases, whereas the factors related to the infectious load and proximity with the index case were associated withLeprosy that appeared in the incident cases during follow-up.
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The epidemiological behaviour of leprosy in Brazil
TL;DR: Time behaviour of the detection rate is probably a result of better access to primary health care, and the knowledge of time behaviour and spatial distribution of leprosy statistics will contribute to decision making forLeprosy control.
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Socioeconomic risk markers of leprosy in high-burden countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Julia Moreira Pescarini,Agostino Strina,Agostino Strina,Joilda Silva Nery,Joilda Silva Nery,Lacita Menezes Skalinski,Lacita Menezes Skalinski,Kaio Vinicius Freitas de Andrade,Kaio Vinicius Freitas de Andrade,Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna,Elizabeth B. Brickley,Laura C. Rodrigues,Mauricio Lima Barreto,Mauricio Lima Barreto,Gerson Oliveira Penna +14 more
TL;DR: Findings point to a consistent relationship between leprosy and unfavorable economic circumstances and underscore the pressing need of leproSy control policies to target socially vulnerable groups in high-burden countries.