TY - JOUR
KW - Age Factors
KW - Drug Therapy, Combination
KW - Family
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
AU - Sundar Rao P S
AU - Jesudasan K
AU - Mani K
AU - Christian M
AB - <p>This preliminary study from Gudiyatham Taluk, the leprosy control area of the Schieffelin Leprosy Research & Training Centre, investigated the incidence rates of leprosy among household contacts during the period 1970-1985. The incidence rates of leprosy among the household contacts prior to and during the initiation of multi-drug therapy are presented here. The overall incidence rate among the household contacts was 4 per 1000 person-years at risk. Contacts of multibacillary and paucibacillary cases had a relative risk of 3-6 times and 2-4 times the risk of leprosy in the general population, respectively. The incidence rates among children were higher than adults; the peak age-specific incidence rate was between 5-9 years, and nearly one third of the primary cases were children. These findings are presented and the methodological issues discussed.</p>
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2778370?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1989 Sep
IS - 3
J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>This preliminary study from Gudiyatham Taluk, the leprosy control area of the Schieffelin Leprosy Research & Training Centre, investigated the incidence rates of leprosy among household contacts during the period 1970-1985. The incidence rates of leprosy among the household contacts prior to and during the initiation of multi-drug therapy are presented here. The overall incidence rate among the household contacts was 4 per 1000 person-years at risk. Contacts of multibacillary and paucibacillary cases had a relative risk of 3-6 times and 2-4 times the risk of leprosy in the general population, respectively. The incidence rates among children were higher than adults; the peak age-specific incidence rate was between 5-9 years, and nearly one third of the primary cases were children. These findings are presented and the methodological issues discussed.</p>
PY - 1989
SP - 647
EP - 51
T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
TI - Impact of MDT on incidence rates of leprosy among household contacts. Part 1. Baseline data.
UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v57n3a08.pdf
VL - 57
SN - 0148-916X
ER -