01425nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653003200084653001100116653001100127653002300138653001200161653000900173653002100182653001200203100001500215245014600230300001000376490000600386520076500392022001401157       1983                            d  c1983 Apr-Jun10aAdolescent10aAdult10aEvaluation Studies as Topic10aFemale10aHumans10aLeprostatic Agents10aleprosy10aMale10aPatient Dropouts10aSenegal1 aHusser J A00a[Evaluation of the campaign against leprosy conducted by the Grandes Endémies du Cap-Vert sector in the Dakar urban area from 1975 to 1979].  a63-920 v13 a<p>Study of Hansen disease registered cases during five years is realized under OMSLEP rules. This population of 1428 patients is observed under "entrance" and "outlet" parameters from the patients register. The author notices the high prevalence rate, 35.5% and the disability rate which induces a late-track. Looking for the follow-up, the outratio is too high and it exists a difference between the paucibacillary or multibacillary defaulters. Dakar area is characterized on Hansen's disease by: --a low prevalence rate, under 0.5%; --a high lepromatous ratio, about 35.5%; --a low children rate observed between the domiciliary contacts; --a constant course of the incidence of 5 Dakar patients while Senegal presents a decrease of Hansen's population.</p>  a0001-5938