01245nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001600055653001100071653001100082653001400093653001000107653001200117653000900129653001600138653001700154100001200171245005700183300001100240490000700251520073100258022001400989       2006                            d  c2006 Sep10aAge Factors10aFemale10aHumans10aIncidence10aJapan10aleprosy10aMale10aSex Factors10aTime Factors1 aNagao E00a[Recent condition of new leprosy patients in Japan].  a249-530 v753 a<p>Most of 148 newly registered leprosy patients in the past 10 years from 1995 to 2004 in Japan had received some examinations, such as histopathology test (85%), skin smear test (84%), estimation of PGL-I antibody titer (55%) or detection M. leprae with PCR method (41%). 17% of newly patients should receive wrong therapy, if they had not had aforesaid clinical examinations in addition to count skin lesions. Improvement of technical level at skin smear test should be required for accurate treatment program in Japan. In Japanese patients, the number has been decreasing year by year; epidemiological condition was different between in Okinawa prefecture and in others, about ratio of sex, kind of type and age group.</p>  a1342-3681