@article{6837,
  keywords = {Female, Humans, India, Leprostatic Agents, leprosy, Male, Mycobacterium leprae, Prevalence, Rural Population},
  author = {Kamath G H and NandaKishore B},
  title = {Leprosy scenario in southern part of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, after 16 years of control work.},
  abstract = {<p>This article examines the changes that occurred in epidemiological indices over a period of 16 years following the introduction of MDT in Ullal town, south of Mangalore city, having a population of 130,000. The analysis indicates that new case-detection rates and prevalence rates showed a declining trend due to shorter duration of treatment with MDT. There was a ten-fold reduction in the prevalence rate during the first 6 years, from 23 in 1987 (230 cases) to 2.76 per 10,000 (29 cases) at the end of 16 years. The number of nmultibacillary cases among the newly detected cases showed a downtrend (from 28 cases in 1987 to 5 in 2001). The number of newly detected cases presenting with single lesion also showed a declining trend.</p>},
  year = {2005},
  journal = {Indian journal of leprosy},
  volume = {77},
  pages = {128-34},
  month = {2005 Apr-Jun},
  issn = {0254-9395},
  language = {eng},
}