01873nas a2200433   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001500051653001000066653003900076653000900115653002900124653001000153653002100163653001600184653001800200653001100218653001100229653001100240653002000251653001200271653000900283653001600292653002800308653001500336653001700351653002800368100001600396700001600412700001200428700001900440700001300459700001500472245011100487300000900598490000600607520081200613022001401425       1992                            d  c199210aAdolescent10aAdult10aAfrican Continental Ancestry Group10aAged10aCentral African Republic10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aComorbidity10aEthnic Groups10aFemale10aHumans10aInfant10aInfant, Newborn10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPopulation Surveillance10aPrevalence10aRisk Factors10aTuberculosis, Pulmonary1 aBaquillon G1 aScandella B1 aTesta J1 aDesfontaines M1 aAndré J1 aLimbassa J00a[Leprosy survey conducted in the Central African Republic from 1982 to 1985 among the Ba-Benzele Pygmies].  a71-80 v83 a<p>A leprosy survey was conducted from 1982 to 1985 among 2650 semi-sedentarized Pygmies in two camp-villages in the Central African Republic. Leprosy is endemic there, with an estimated prevalence rate of 1.05% and an annual detection rate of 0.2%. In view of its close relations with other neighbouring ethnic groups this Pygmy community can be considered as a target population the study of which provides indications on the transmission and typical course of leprosy in the region and also as a potential focus of contamination. However, the concurrent presence of endemic tuberculosis made it necessary during the survey to look for clinical associations of leprosy and tuberculosis in patients so that the standard multidrug treatment schedules comprising rifampicin could be adjusted accordingly.</p>  a0001-5938