01061nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653001000084653002100094653003100115653001100146653001100157653001100168653001100179653001200190653000900202653001600211100001400227700001300241700001600254245006100270300001200331490000700343520042100350       1979                            d  c1979 Jul-Aug10aAdolescent10aAdult10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aEmigration and Immigration10aFemale10aFrance10aHumans10aInfant10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged1 aSamsoen M1 aBasset A1 aGrosshans E00a[Epidemiologic study of leprosy in metropolitan France].  a295-3070 v723 a<p>322 new cases of leprosy in France are registered by a postal survey among 11 towns, from 1970 to 1978. 217 are detected in Paris, 105 in other parts of France. 137 are foreigners, 104 come from overseas French territories, 45 are reapatriated French nationals. 39.7% are lepromatous, 43.6% tuberculoid, 13.9% indeterminate. 35 cases are followed out of which 16 cases in Alsace were discovered in Strasbourg.</p>