01758nas a2200373   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653001600080653001000096653002100106653001000127653001100137653001100148653001200159653000900171653001600180653001500196653001600211100001100227700001300238700000900251700001400260700001200274700001200286700001200298245008000310856004100390300001100431490000700442520092100449022001401370       1995                            d  c1995 Jun10aAdolescent10aAdult10aBCG Vaccine10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aChina10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPrevalence10aVaccination1 aLi H Y1 aWeng X M1 aLi T1 aZheng D Y1 aMao Z M1 aRan S P1 aLiu F W00aLong-term effect of leprosy control in two Prefectures of China, 1955-1993.  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v63n2a03.pdf  a213-210 v633 a<p>In Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province, and Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province of China, leprosy was highly prevalent in the 1950s. Due to differences in geographical conditions and socioeconomic development, the decline in leprosy prevalence between 1955 and 1993 was 99.5% (10.1 to 0.05/10,000) in Weifang and 93.9% (19.7 to 1.2/10,000) in Wenshan. The decrease in the detection rate was 99.9% (35.2 to 0.05/10,000) in Weifang and 91.7% (69.9 to 5.8/10,000) in Wenshan. The decrease was more apparent in these two prefectures since the implementation of multidrug therapy (MDT) in 1986. Findings such as specific detection rates by age, sex and type, as well as the multibacillary, child, and deformity rates of patients detected since 1980 were studied. Using the detection and prevalence rates between 1980 and 1993, the number of patients until the year 2000 is extrapolated for these two prefectures.</p>  a0148-916X