01582nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001000065653001100075653001100086653001000097653001200107653000900119100002000128700001200148700001800160245010200178856005900280300001000339490000700349050003200356520091400388022001401302       1994                            d  c1994 Jun10aAdult10aChild10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale1 aKrishnamurthy P1 aRao P S1 aSubramanian M00aThe influence of operational factors in the profile of monolesional leprosy cases in south India.  uhttp://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1994/v65n2/pdf/v65n2a06.pdf  a130-60 v65  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>A comparison of the profile of monolesional cases among new PB cases detected in a Government Leprosy Control Unit (GLCU) and the field area of a Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute (CLTRI), both located in South India, demonstrates that the proportion of monolesional cases among new cases detected between 1987 and 1991 was higher in children than adults, higher in females than males (only in the CLTRI)--over 95% were the tuberculoid type. A significantly increasing trend in this proportion could be seen in the GLCU but not in the CLTRI; an explanation of this is based on the difference in operational aspects in case detection methodology adopted by the 2 areas--e.g. intersurvey interval and mode of case detection. Such studies, focusing on single skin lesions, help us in understanding the role of various possible operational factors in influencing the behaviour of the disease.</p>  a0305-7518