01692nas a2200349   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653000900080653002200089653001000111653002100121653003400142653001100176653001100187653002000198653001200218653001600230653001700246653001000263100002500273700003400298700002500332700002100357700002100378245006400399300001100463490000800474520084600482022001401328       1989                            d  c1989 Jun10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aAged, 80 and over10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aContinental Population Groups10aHumans10aInfant10aInfant, Newborn10aleprosy10aMiddle Aged10aRisk Factors10aSpain1 aDelgado Rodríguez M1 aRodríguez-Contreras Pelayo R1 aExtremera Castillo F1 aSerrano Ortega S1 aGálvez Vargas R00a[Epidemiologic aspects of leprosy in the province of Jaen].  a99-1030 v1853 a<p>Jaen is the province with the greatest number of patients with lepra. This study analyzes the prevalence of the disease in Jaen during 1984 and 1985. At that time, all the patients known to the health and consume provincial delegation of Jaén were studied. The 305 patients included received a protocol aimed to study the different risk factors (age, clinical form, the people living together, socioeconomic standing, ethnic, etc ...). The disease shows to have a highly significant and special predilection in gypsies and it is located in a significant geographical area in the province. Lepra did not show a rural distribution, however it prevails in middle size urban nuclei. Although all patients belonged to a low social class, the disease did not show to exhibit any association among the ecology and the income per inhabitant.</p>  a0014-2565