@article{23531, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Child, Child, Preschool, Confounding Factors (Epidemiology), Delayed Diagnosis, Female, Humans, Incidence, India, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Leprosy, Multibacillary, Leprosy, Paucibacillary, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Distribution, Young Adult}, author = {Sachdeva S and Khan Z and Ansari MA and Amin S}, title = {Leprosy: down but not out.}, abstract = {

Leprosy is a chronic disabling disease and there are areas of high endemicity in India. Case findings and management strategies suffer a setback when disease manifestations are not picked up in time by health-care providers. This article attempts to estimate the annual incidents of leprosy and to study the confounding factors which may potentially cause delays in diagnosis in an office-based, tertiary health-care setting.

}, year = {2011}, journal = {Tropical doctor}, volume = {41}, pages = {28-30}, month = {2011 Jan}, issn = {1758-1133}, url = {http://tdo.sagepub.com/content/41/1/28.full.pdf+html}, doi = {10.1258/td.2010.100107}, language = {eng}, }