01301nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653000900080653001000089653002100099653001100120653001100131653001000142653001200152653000900164653001600173653001600189653002800205100001300233700001300246245006000259300001200319490000700331050003200338520060300370022001400973       1981                            d  c1981 Jul10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aOccupations10aTransients and Migrants1 aMani M Z1 aMathew M00aLeprosy in Punjab - an analysis of 4 years O.P.D. data.  a395-4050 v53  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>185 new leprosy cases were  seen, of whom 52 (28 2%) were Punjabis and 133 (71.8%) were Non-Punjabi patients. A minimum of 13 (25%) Punjabi leprosy cases were indigenous. The Punjabi cases were drawn from several districts in Punjabi. Among the Punjabi patients, the mean age at onset of leprosy was 43.6 years, and 30.8% of them had infectious type of leprosy. BT was the most common type of leprosy (38.5%), and the age at onset was also highest in BT (49.8 years), among the Punjabi patients. The migrant labourers from Bihar and Eastern U.P. are the probable source of leprosy in Punjab.</p>  a0024-1024