00976nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653001400066653001200080653001200092100001800104245006100122856005900183300001100242490000700253050001800260520047800278022001400756       1990                            d  c1990 Sep10aHumans10aIncidence10aleprosy10aNigeria1 aBrightmer M I00aNew cases of leprosy in the Cross River Region, Nigeria.  uhttp://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1990/v61n3/pdf/v61n3a10.pdf  a273-810 v61  aBRIGHTMER19903 a<p>Rates of leprosy cases newly reporting during 1986 are examined for a region of south-eastern Nigeria. Figures reveal that in the part of the region which was designated in 1987 as a new state, half of the administrative units had new case reporting rates higher than in adjacent areas, while the other half had very few cases reporting in 1986. Possible explanations are offered and the implications of the pattern for leprosy control in the new state are examined.</p>  a0305-7518