01285nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653002100084653002800105653001100133653002100144653001100165653001400176653001000190653001100200653001200211653000900223653002100232100001500253245004300268300001000311490000700321050001500328520062600343022001400969       1998                            d  c1998 Sep-Oct10aAdolescent10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aCross-Sectional Studies10aFemale10aHospitals, Rural10aHumans10aIncidence10aIndia10aInfant10aleprosy10aMale10aRural Population1 aPrasad P V00aChildhood leprosy in a rural hospital.  a751-40 v65  aPRASAD19983 a<p>Sixty six cases of childhood leprosy were studied in detail. They comprised of 7.2% of the Hansen's disease cases and 0.1/1000 of the total hospital out patients. Male: female ratio was 2:1. Four cases (6%) only belonged to the multibacillary group. All the multibacillary patients had a family contact of leprosy. Twelve cases (18.2%) showed nerve involvement and 2 cases (3%) had deformities also. One patient had pure neuritic type of leprosy. Leprosy reactions were not observed in any case. Out of 42 patients adequately followed up after completion of treatment, 3 patients (7.1%) had relapse of the disease.</p>  a0019-5456