01655nas a2200385   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653000900084653001000093653002100103653002100124653001100145653001100156653001000167653001100177653002000188653001200208653000900220653001600229653001800245653001500263653002100278100001200299700001400311700001400325700001600339245007500355300001100430490000700441050001500448520079200463022001401255       2005                            d  c2005 Jul-Sep10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aEndemic Diseases10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aInfant10aInfant, Newborn10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPoverty Areas10aPrevalence10aUrban Population1 aKumar A1 aYadav V S1 aGirdhar A1 aGirdhar B K00aLeprosy situation in the slums of Agra City--epidemiological findings.  a239-450 v77  aKUMAR 20053 a<p>The present article is the result of a study of the leprosy caseload in Agra City and is based on a house-to-house survey conducted during April-July 2003 in 5 areas. During the survey 198,150 persons were examined, and 287 cases were detected, giving a prevalence rate of 14.5/10,000. A majority of them (92%) were new cases, detected and diagnosed for the first time. The patient load was found to be unevenly distributed with comparatively more number of patients in areas such as Jamuna Kinara, Shah Ganj and Lohamandi. Among the 264 newly detected cases, 14.8% were of MB type. Overall deformity of grade > or = 2 was seen in 2.8% of patients--0.4% in PB and significantly high at 18% in MB leprosy. The observations reveal that leprosy is endemic in slum areas of Agra City.</p>  a0254-9395