@article{10052,
  keywords = {Age Factors, Drug Therapy, Combination, Family, Female, Humans, India, Leprostatic Agents, leprosy, Male},
  author = {Sundar Rao P S and Jesudasan K and Mani K and Christian M},
  title = {Impact of MDT on incidence rates of leprosy among household contacts. Part 1. Baseline data.},
  abstract = {<p>This preliminary study from Gudiyatham Taluk, the leprosy control area of the Schieffelin Leprosy Research & Training Centre, investigated the incidence rates of leprosy among household contacts during the period 1970-1985. The incidence rates of leprosy among the household contacts prior to and during the initiation of multi-drug therapy are presented here. The overall incidence rate among the household contacts was 4 per 1000 person-years at risk. Contacts of multibacillary and paucibacillary cases had a relative risk of 3-6 times and 2-4 times the risk of leprosy in the general population, respectively. The incidence rates among children were higher than adults; the peak age-specific incidence rate was between 5-9 years, and nearly one third of the primary cases were children. These findings are presented and the methodological issues discussed.</p>},
  year = {1989},
  journal = {International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association},
  volume = {57},
  pages = {647-51},
  month = {1989 Sep},
  issn = {0148-916X},
  url = {http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v57n3a08.pdf},
  language = {eng},
}