02153nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653002600065653002100091653001100112653001200123653001900135653003700154100001500191700001500206700001300221700001000234700001500244700001400259700001300273700001600286700001400302700001300316700001400329245011900343856005100462300001100513490000700524050003200531520121400563022001401777       2004                            d  c2004 Jun10aChina10aDisability Evaluation10aHealth Promotion10aHumans10aleprosy10aMass Screening10aOutcome Assessment (Health Care)1 aJianping S1 aWenzhong L1 aMeiwen Y1 aJun Y1 aLongchao Z1 aRongmao W1 aLufang H1 aHongjiang M1 aFuchang Y1 aXinguo H1 aLiangde P00aAnalysis on the detection of new leprosy cases before, during and after the year of leprosy elimination campaigns.  uhttps://leprosyreview.org/article/75/2/15-7163  a157-630 v75  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>To analyse the impact on of case finding of leprosy elimination campaigns (LECs), data on newly detected leprosy cases in a leprosy endemic area were collected before, during and after the year of LEC. The number of new leprosy cases detected during the year of LEC was significantly higher than previously. The number of newly detected cases after the year of LEC was similar to that of detected before the year of LEC in counties with persisting case finding activities. However, the number of newly detected cases after the year of LEC significantly decreased in counties without active case finding activities. The average distance from the homes of leprosy cases detected during LEC to the leprosy control unit at the count town was 62.8 km, which is farther than that of other leprosy cases detected before and after the year of LEC. The average time from disease onset to diagnosis of leprosy cases detected after the year of LEC shortened. The results also showed that carrying out LECs is unlikely to have a significant impact on the trend of case finding within a short time in local areas, but it may improve some indicators of leprosy patients and so promote leprosy control in local areas.</p>  a0305-7518