02312nas a2200397   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001500051653001000066653000900076653001000085653002100095653002600116653001100142653001100153653001100164653001200175653000900187653001600196653001200212100001700224700002400241700001200265700001300277700001700290700001600307700002500323700001300348245007800361856008300439300001100522490000700533050002500540520133500565022001401900       1973                            d  c197310aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aEpidemiologic Methods10aFemale10aHumans10aInfant10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aMyanmar1 aBechelli L M1 aGallego Garbajosa P1 aGyi M M1 aUemura K1 aSundaresan T1 aTamondong C1 aMartinez Dominguez V1 aWalter J00aSome epidemiological data on leprosy collected in a mass survey in Burma.  uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2481069/pdf/bullwho00176-0071.pdf  a335-440 v48  aAvailable at Infolep3 a<p>In the WHO Leprosy BCG Trial in Burma a mass survey was undertaken to determine whether children had been exposed to patients with leprosy and, if so, the form of the index case. This paper presents the most important epidemiological data collected in this survey. The prevalence rate was 31.6 per 1 000. It seems that even if the prevalence rate is very high the L rate does not increase accordingly. The high T rates in areas of high endemicity seem to be related mainly to the degree of spreading of leprosy, even to persons who react to lepromin. Comparison of the results with data available for the area before the survey was made shows that 87% of the L cases had already been detected and that 54% of the T cases had not. There was a tendency for high L rates to be associated with high prevalence rates. The results do not suggest that any particular age group has greater susceptibility or resistance; the prevalence rates seemed to be related mainly to the age when exposure occurred. A higher prevalence of leprosy in males started to appear in the 10-14-year age group, and after the age of 15 the difference became impressive. Biological, socio-economic, and environmental factors seem to be responsible for the level of endemicity, which does not seem to be essentially or primarily related to ethnic origin.</p>  a0042-9686