01252nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653002600051653001100077653001200088653001500100100001700115700001800132700001900150245005200169856008300221300000900304490000700313520070000320022001401020       1992                            d  c199210aEpidemiologic Methods10aHumans10aleprosy10aPrevalence1 aNoordeen S K1 aLopez Bravo L1 aSundaresan T K00aEstimated number of leprosy cases in the world.  uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2393356/pdf/bullwho00040-0020.pdf  a7-100 v703 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 2 and 3 million.</p>  a0042-9686