TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Continental Population Groups KW - Humans KW - Infant KW - Infant, Newborn KW - leprosy KW - Middle Aged KW - Risk Factors KW - Spain AU - Delgado Rodríguez M AU - Rodríguez-Contreras Pelayo R AU - Extremera Castillo F AU - Serrano Ortega S AU - Gálvez Vargas R AB -

Jaen is the province with the greatest number of patients with lepra. This study analyzes the prevalence of the disease in Jaen during 1984 and 1985. At that time, all the patients known to the health and consume provincial delegation of Jaén were studied. The 305 patients included received a protocol aimed to study the different risk factors (age, clinical form, the people living together, socioeconomic standing, ethnic, etc ...). The disease shows to have a highly significant and special predilection in gypsies and it is located in a significant geographical area in the province. Lepra did not show a rural distribution, however it prevails in middle size urban nuclei. Although all patients belonged to a low social class, the disease did not show to exhibit any association among the ecology and the income per inhabitant.

BT - Revista clinica espanola C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2772355?dopt=Abstract DA - 1989 Jun IS - 2 J2 - Rev Clin Esp LA - spa N2 -

Jaen is the province with the greatest number of patients with lepra. This study analyzes the prevalence of the disease in Jaen during 1984 and 1985. At that time, all the patients known to the health and consume provincial delegation of Jaén were studied. The 305 patients included received a protocol aimed to study the different risk factors (age, clinical form, the people living together, socioeconomic standing, ethnic, etc ...). The disease shows to have a highly significant and special predilection in gypsies and it is located in a significant geographical area in the province. Lepra did not show a rural distribution, however it prevails in middle size urban nuclei. Although all patients belonged to a low social class, the disease did not show to exhibit any association among the ecology and the income per inhabitant.

PY - 1989 SP - 99 EP - 103 T2 - Revista clinica espanola TI - [Epidemiologic aspects of leprosy in the province of Jaen]. VL - 185 SN - 0014-2565 ER -