01670nas a2200373   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653000900080653002200089653001000111653001100121653001100132653001100143653001200154653002400166653002500190653002500215653000900240653001600249653001500265653002600280100001700306700002700323700001800350245009400368856004100462300001100503490000700514050001700521520074400538022001401282       1994                            d  c1994 Dec10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aAged, 80 and over10aChild10aFemale10aGreece10aHumans10aleprosy10aLeprosy, Borderline10aLeprosy, lepromatous10aLeprosy, Tuberculoid10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aRecurrence10aRetrospective Studies1 aKyriakis K P1 aKontochristopoulos G J1 aPanteleos D N00aCurrent profile of active leprosy in Greece; a five-year retrospective study (1988-1992).  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v62n4a07.pdf  a547-510 v62  aKYRIAKIS19943 a<p>The epidemiological characteristics of newly diagnosed, active leprosy cases (incidence, N = 16 Greeks and 4 expatriates) and relapsed cases (recurrences, N = 25, all Greeks) were studied. Most of the cases were multibacillary, over 50% being lepromatous. The relapses were analyzed by sex, disease duration and residence (rural or urban). Most of the newly diagnosed cases presented with nonreactional skin lesions (70%). The relapses were self-reported and detected mainly because of type 2 leprosy reactions (56%). The main source of the infection for new cases was members of their former extended family. The statistical trend of leprosy in Greece is a continuing decline in a country which already has a very low endemicity.</p>
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