01272nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001800059653001100077653001200088100001700100700001800117700001900135245005200154856007900206300001000285490000700295050003200302520070600334022001401040       1992                            d  c1992 Oct-Dec10aGlobal health10aHumans10aleprosy1 aNoordeen S K1 aLopez Bravo L1 aSundaresan T K00aEstimated number of leprosy cases in the world.  uhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2393356/pdf/bullwho00040-0020.pdf  a521-70 v64  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Planning for disease control requires estimates of the number of leprosy patients from local to global levels. From the mid-sixties to the mid-eighties, global estimates appeared to be constant at between 10 and 12 million. The introduction of multidrug therapy (MDT) in many countries and the consequent reduction of prevalence of the disease has necessitated a reassessment of the global estimate. Based on available information and its interpretation, the number of leprosy cases in the world in 1991 has been estimated at 5.5 million. The number of individuals with deformities due to leprosy, including persons now cured of the disease, has been estimated at between two and three million.</p>  a0254-9395