01493nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653003300080653001100113653001200124653001200136653001500148653002600163653001700189100001200206700001400218245007400232856005900306300001000365490000700375050003200382520078700414022001401201       1996                            d  c1996 Mar10aAdolescent10aChild10aCommunicable Disease Control10aHumans10aleprosy10aMyanmar10aPrevalence10aRetrospective Studies10aTime Factors1 aMyint T1 aHtoon M T00aLeprosy in Myanmar, epidemiological and operational changes, 1958-92.  uhttp://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1996/v67n1/pdf/v67n1a04.pdf  a18-270 v67  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>The registered caseload and prevalence of leprosy have declined in Myanmar from a peak of 86.2 per 10,000 population (95% CI 85.43-86.97) in 1973-77 to 26.82 (95% CI 18.46-35.18) in 1988-92. The new case detection rates have also declined from 7.41 per 10,000 (95% CI 6.3- 8.52) in 1968-72 to 1.96 (95% CI 1.43-2.52) in 1988-92. The increase in the multibacillary proportion of new cases from 11.85% (95% CI 11.84-11.86) in 1968-72 to 40.54% (95% CI 37.2-43.88) in 1988-92 and the decline in proportion of new cases under 14 years of age from 26.81% (95% CI 26.8-26.82) in 1968-72 to 11.22% (95% CI 10.92-11.52), coupled with the finding of declining detection rates among school children and in mass village surveys could mean that the incidence of leprosy may be declining.</p>  a0305-7518