Analysis of time trends in the Incidence Rates among 9.598 household contacts of 1,614 primary cases of leprosy, showed that the incidence rates (IR) remained high even 10 years after treatment was started in the Primary Case. The IR during the 1st year of follow-up was 3.8 per 1000 person years of risk (PYR) and the IR was 3 per 1000 PYR after 10 or more years of follow-up. The significance of these findings in relationship to the Epidemiology of leprosy among household contacts in an endemic area for leprosy is discussed.
BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6549452?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1984 Oct-Dec IS - 4 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -Analysis of time trends in the Incidence Rates among 9.598 household contacts of 1,614 primary cases of leprosy, showed that the incidence rates (IR) remained high even 10 years after treatment was started in the Primary Case. The IR during the 1st year of follow-up was 3.8 per 1000 person years of risk (PYR) and the IR was 3 per 1000 PYR after 10 or more years of follow-up. The significance of these findings in relationship to the Epidemiology of leprosy among household contacts in an endemic area for leprosy is discussed.
PY - 1984 SP - 792 EP - 806 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Time trends in the analysis of incidence rate of leprosy among household contacts. VL - 56 SN - 0254-9395 ER -