@article{66, keywords = {Adolescent, Age Factors, Bangladesh, Female, Humans, leprosy, Male, Prevalence, Sex Factors}, author = {Choudhury A M}, title = {Leprosy in Bangladesh, 1984-88.}, abstract = {

A total of 2517 patients with leprosy were studied in Leprosy Control Institute and Hospital, Mohakhali, Dhaka, during the period 1984-1988. Among the total cases, 1891 (75.1%) were male and 626 (24.9%) were female. The male to female ratio was 3:1. The age groups comprised 185 (7.4%), below 15 years and 2332 (92.6%), 15 years and over. Most of the cases were diagnosed by clinical examination and classified as Indeterminate form (I), 52 (2.1%); tuberculoid form (T), 1326 (52.7%); borderline tuberculoid form (BT), 439 (17.4%); borderline lepromatous form (BL), 110 (4.4%); and lepromatous form (L), 590 (23.4%).

}, year = {1991}, journal = {Nihon Rai Gakkai zasshi}, volume = {60}, pages = {128-31}, month = {1991 Jul-Dec}, issn = {0386-3980}, language = {eng}, }