01004nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002100059653001100080653001100091653001000102653001200112653000900124653001200133100002200145700001200167245004900179300001000228490000700238050003200245520047100277022001400748       1990                            d  c1990 Jan-Mar10aDisabled Persons10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale10aPoverty1 aKrishnamurthy K V1 aRao S P00aA study of leprosy affected beggars in Aska.  a113-50 v62  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>A study conducted among beggars in and around Aska, Orissa revealed 41 of them to be leprosy patients. Almost all had taken treatment and had been released from control. Only 2 of them were mildly positive in their skin smears for AFB. All of them had disabilities and deformities. It is evident that at least in this area beggar leprosy patients cannot be contributing to the transmission of the disease. Their treatment regularity record was also very good.</p>  a0254-9395