@article{33048,
  author = {Arif T and Amin S and Adil M and Dorjay K and Raj D},
  title = {Leprosy in the post-elimination era: a clinico-epidemiological study from a northern Indian tertiary care hospital.},
  abstract = {<p><strong>INTRODUCTION: </strong>Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Despite being eliminated from India in 2005, there are still a considerable number of leprosy cases.</p>

<p><strong>METHODS: </strong>A prospective hospital-based study involving all leprosy patients attending the leprosy clinic at the Department of Dermatology from January 2015 to December 2016.</p>

<p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>A total of 220 patients visited the leprosy clinic during the study period. Most of the patients (48.7%) were 20 to 40 years old. Multibacillary disease was more common in females (84.7%) than males (67.6%), and in rural patients (80.9%) than urban patients (64.8%). Borderline lepromatous leprosy was the most common (38.2%) type of leprosy seen, followed by lepromatous leprosy (28.2%) and borderline tuberculoid leprosy (21.4%).</p>

<p><strong>CONCLUSIONS: </strong>Despite elimination, leprosy continues to be a health problem in this part of the world. We have shown that females and the rural population are more susceptible to multibacillary disease.</p>
},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica, et Adriatica},
  volume = {28},
  pages = {7-10},
  issn = {1581-2979},
  url = {http://www.acta-apa.org/journals/acta-dermatovenerol-apa/papers/10.15570/actaapa.2019.2/actaapa.2019.2.pdf},
  doi = {10.15570/actaapa.2019.2},
  language = {eng},
}