01396nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653001600084653000900100653001000109653002100119653001100140653001100151653001000162653001100172653002000183653001200203653000900215653001600224100001500240700001300255700001300268245004700281300001100328490000700339050003200346520066600378022001401044       1995                            d  c1995 Oct-Dec10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAge Factors10aAged10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aInfant10aInfant, Newborn10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged1 aPandhi R K1 aKhanna N1 aSekhri R00aLeprosy in resettlement colonies of Delhi.  a467-710 v67  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Population influx into urban areas like Delhi has encouraged mushrooming of numerous slums where about 30% population of the city is living. A survey was conducted in four resettlement colonies of Delhi. Of the 6,876 persons examined, 43 (6.25 per 1000) subjects were found to have clinical and histologic evidence of leprosy. Fifteen (35%) patients of neuritic leprosy, eight (19%) with tuberculoid leprosy, 12 (38%) of borderline tuberculoid, three (4%) each with borderline and borderline lepromatous and one (2%) each of lepromatous and indeterminate leprosy were diagnosed. The study revealed that 21% of the patients were less than 20 years of age.</p>  a0254-9395