01435nas a2200421   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653002100080653001000101653002100111653003900132653002200171653001100193653001100204653001400215653001000229653001100239653002000250653002800270653002800298653000900326653001600335653002100351653001600372100001500388700001100403700001400414700001100428245003100439856005700470300001000527490000700537050001800544520043700562022001400999       2011                            d  c2011 Jan10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAge Distribution10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aConfounding Factors (Epidemiology)10aDelayed Diagnosis10aFemale10aHumans10aIncidence10aIndia10aInfant10aInfant, Newborn10aLeprosy, Multibacillary10aLeprosy, Paucibacillary10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aSex Distribution10aYoung Adult1 aSachdeva S1 aKhan Z1 aAnsari MA1 aAmin S00aLeprosy: down but not out.  uhttp://tdo.sagepub.com/content/41/1/28.full.pdf+html  a28-300 v41  aSACHDEVA 20113 a<p>Leprosy is a chronic disabling disease and there are areas of high endemicity in India. Case findings and management strategies suffer a setback when disease manifestations are not picked up in time by health-care providers. This article attempts to estimate the annual incidents of leprosy and to study the confounding factors which may potentially cause delays in diagnosis in an office-based, tertiary health-care setting.</p>  a1758-1133