01416nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653001600080653001000096653001200106653003300118653001100151653001100162653001200173653000900185653001600194100001100210700001200221700001100233245009100244856004100335300001000376490000700386520070700393022001401100       1985                            d  c1985 Mar10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAge Factors10aChina10aDapsone10aDrug Administration Schedule10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aSex Factors1 aLi H Y1 aPan Y L1 aWang Y00aLeprosy control in Shandong Province, China, 1955-1983; some epidemiological features.  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v53n1a14.pdf  a79-850 v533 a<p>A comprehensive leprosy control program was launched in Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, in 1955, with the establishment of the Provincial Skin Disease Control Institute and a network of Skin Disease Control Stations and leprosy hospitals at the county level. Through repeated different methods of case finding, dapsone monotherapy, and intensive follow up, incidence has decreased from 5.1 to 0.46/100,000 in 25 years. Findings such as the increase in the mean age at onset and in the lepromatous-to-tuberculoid ratio, and a general decline in the age-specific incidence in successive cohorts, are in concurrence with the findings in other countries where leprosy is disappearing.</p>  a0148-916X