01399nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653001600084653000900100653001000109653002100119653001100140653001100151653001100162653001200173653000900185653001600194653001400210100001300224700001200237700001500249245012400264300001100388490000700399520069100406       1976                            d  c1976 Sep-Oct10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAge Factors10aAged10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aFemale10aHumans10aInfant10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPolynesia1 aMerlin M1 aCarme B1 aKaeuffer H00a[Evaluation of 25 years of antileprosy chemotherapy in French Polynesia. Influence of age on the onset of the disease].  a412-220 v693 a<p>In French Polynesia the cases of leprosy are individually severe, like in Asia, but the endemy always stood under a relatively low level. A strong campaign of chemiotherapy has been conducted for 25 years. Unfortunatly the actions of systematic detection of new cases are not sufficient and the sanitary education is almost non existent. The territory is actualy reached by deep demographic and social upsettings and chemiotherapy used alone is not enough efficient to obtain a definitive decrease of the endemy or even to avoid, for a long time, a new increase. However a significant decrease of the age of advent of the decrease must be credited to the action of chemiotherapy.</p>