02102nas a2200385   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001600074653001000090653002100100653001600121653001100137653001100148653001400159653001000173653002400183653002500207653000900232653002400241653002500265653001500290653001600305653002600321100001200347700001400359700001500373700001200388245008300400300001100483490000700494050001500501520118600516022001401702       2002                            d  c2002 Apr-Jun10aAdolescent10aAge Factors10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aExtremities10aFemale10aHumans10aIncidence10aIndia10aLeprosy, Borderline10aLeprosy, Tuberculoid10aMale10aMycobacterium bovis10aMycobacterium leprae10aPrevalence10aSex Factors10aSocioeconomic Factors1 aSahoo A1 aSingh P C1 aPattnaik S1 aSingh N00aIncidence of leprosy in school-children and their family members in Berhampur.  a137-430 v74  aSAHOO 20023 a<p>A school survey, followed by a contact survey, was carried out in Berhampur, a city in southern Orissa. In a study of 8,870 school-children, leprosy was detected in 15, giving a prevalence rate of 16.91 per 10,000 with a male:female ratio of 8:7. Of these, 14 (93.99%) had paucibacillary leprosy. More cases [11 (73.33%)] were seen in the age-group of 10-15 years. Exposed parts, such as lower limbs, upper limbs and head and neck in that order, were the sites of predilection, accounting for 85.71% of total lesions. Nerve involvement was found in 2 (13.33%) girls with deformity (ulnar claw) in one of them (6.66%). BCG scar was present in 11 (73.33%) cases. Among the vaccinated cases, tuberculoid type was the most common, followed by indeterminate, pure neuritic and borderline, in that order. A contact survey detected 2 multibacillary cases in two families (13.33%). In each case, the father was the index source. The study revealed that a maximum number of students, 8 (53.3%), belonged to the middle socioeconomic class. Of the 15 affected, 60% were undernourished and the rest well nourished. No other systemic disease was found clinically associated with leprosy.</p>  a0254-9395