00859nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653001100066653001200077653000900089653001800098100001900116245006500135300001100200490000700211520043300218022001400651       1995                            d  c1995 Jul10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aPublic health1 aPonnighaus J M00aLeprosy. The beginning of an end to a public health problem?  a525-360 v133 a<p>Incidence rates of leprosy seem to be falling in most countries around the world, despite the HIV epidemic. Among the reasons for the declining rates are changing socioeconomic conditions and high BCG vaccination coverage. The numbers of people disabled by leprosy, however, are more important than incidence rates of leprosy per se. The issue of the disabled will remain a public health problem for many decades to come.</p>  a0733-8635