01135nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001600074653001500090653001100105653001100116653001200127653000900139653001500148653001600163100001800179245003600197300001100233490000700244520062800251022001400879       1991                            d  c1991 Jul-Dec10aAdolescent10aAge Factors10aBangladesh10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aPrevalence10aSex Factors1 aChoudhury A M00aLeprosy in Bangladesh, 1984-88.  a128-310 v603 a<p>A total of 2517 patients with leprosy were studied in Leprosy Control Institute and Hospital, Mohakhali, Dhaka, during the period 1984-1988. Among the total cases, 1891 (75.1%) were male and 626 (24.9%) were female. The male to female ratio was 3:1. The age groups comprised 185 (7.4%), below 15 years and 2332 (92.6%), 15 years and over. Most of the cases were diagnosed by clinical examination and classified as Indeterminate form (I), 52 (2.1%); tuberculoid form (T), 1326 (52.7%); borderline tuberculoid form (BT), 439 (17.4%); borderline lepromatous form (BL), 110 (4.4%); and lepromatous form (L), 590 (23.4%).</p>  a0386-3980