TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Female
KW - Health Surveys
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Rural Health
KW - Sex Factors
AU - Selvapndian A J
AU - Muliyil J
AU - Joseph A
AU - Kuppusamy P
AU - Martin G G
AB - <p>In the Kaniyambadi Panchayat Union area of known leprosy endemic population this study was undertaken. Out of 10,163 students examined, a total of 137 leprosy cases were detected--122 cases (89.1%) belonged to Tuberculoid type and the rest 15 cases (10.9%) belonged to Borderline leprosy. There were no cases of Lepromatous type, and none of them had any deformity. 86.1% had single lesion and the rest multiple lesions. Study of the distribution of patches over the body surface did not reveal any significant difference between covered and uncovered parts of the body.</p>
BT - Leprosy in India
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7453135?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1980 Apr
IS - 2
J2 - Lepr India
LA - eng
N2 - <p>In the Kaniyambadi Panchayat Union area of known leprosy endemic population this study was undertaken. Out of 10,163 students examined, a total of 137 leprosy cases were detected--122 cases (89.1%) belonged to Tuberculoid type and the rest 15 cases (10.9%) belonged to Borderline leprosy. There were no cases of Lepromatous type, and none of them had any deformity. 86.1% had single lesion and the rest multiple lesions. Study of the distribution of patches over the body surface did not reveal any significant difference between covered and uncovered parts of the body.</p>
PY - 1980
SP - 209
EP - 16
T2 - Leprosy in India
TI - School-survey in a rural leprosy endemic area.
VL - 52
SN - 0024-1024
ER -