TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Age Distribution
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Endemic Diseases
KW - Female
KW - Health Surveys
KW - Humans
KW - Incidence
KW - India
KW - Infant
KW - Infant, Newborn
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Sex Distribution
AU - Selvasekar A
AU - Geetha J
AU - Nisha K
AU - Manimozhi N
AU - Jesudasan K
AU - Rao P S
AB - <p>A study was done on 794 new cases of leprosy among children (aged 0-14 years) detected and treated with MDT during 1990-1995 in Gudiyatham Taluk, South India. Incidence rates of leprosy and proportion of multibacillary cases increased with age, while bacillary + tuberculoid was most common. Over 80% had a single patch and most children were detected through surveys. Nearly 30% had history of household contacts with leprosy, mostly parents or grandparents. Reactions and relapses were not uncommon. The findings emphasize the need for more careful surveys for case detection and better follow-up in case management.</p>
BT - Leprosy review
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10405540?dopt=Abstract
CN - SELVASEKAR1999
DA - 1999 Mar
DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19990006
IS - 1
J2 - Lepr Rev
LA - eng
N2 - <p>A study was done on 794 new cases of leprosy among children (aged 0-14 years) detected and treated with MDT during 1990-1995 in Gudiyatham Taluk, South India. Incidence rates of leprosy and proportion of multibacillary cases increased with age, while bacillary + tuberculoid was most common. Over 80% had a single patch and most children were detected through surveys. Nearly 30% had history of household contacts with leprosy, mostly parents or grandparents. Reactions and relapses were not uncommon. The findings emphasize the need for more careful surveys for case detection and better follow-up in case management.</p>
PY - 1999
SP - 21
EP - 7
T2 - Leprosy review
TI - Childhood leprosy in an endemic area.
UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1999/v70n1/pdf/v70n1a06.pdf
VL - 70
SN - 0305-7518
ER -