01707nas a2200349   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001600055653002100071653002800092653002300120653001100143653001100154653001000165653001100175653001200186653000900198653002400207653001200231653001700243653001600260653002600276100001700302700001500319700001600334245013100350856004100481300001100522490000700533520080300540022001401343       1985                            d  c1985 Dec10aBody Height10aChild, Preschool10aCross-Sectional Studies10aEducational Status10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aInfant10aleprosy10aMale10aNutrition Disorders10aPoverty10aRural Health10aSex Factors10aSocioeconomic Factors1 aSommerfelt H1 aIrgens L M1 aChristian M00aGeographical variations in the occurrence of leprosy: possible roles played by nutrition and some other environmental factors.  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v53n4a02.pdf  a524-320 v533 a<p>The considerable variation in leprosy prevalence among 35 villages and field areas in South India was compared with variations in their socioeconomic and nutritional conditions. Using villages/field areas and aggregates thereof as observational units, leprosy prevalence rates were found to be significantly lower in field areas than in villages. Moreover, there was a significant correlation between the occurrence of malnutrition in children 1 to 4 years of age and the prevalence of leprosy. The possible association between the occurrence of malnutrition in childhood and leprosy is discussed in light of the present knowledge of leprosy, immunocompetence, and malnutrition. Strategies for further illumination of the hypothesized importance of malnutrition among children are discussed.</p>  a0148-916X