Successful "Leprosy Elimination Programme" since 1991 managed to reduce global case load to nearly 1/10 in 10 years. However, this rapid fall of case detection/incident rate. This means that even after year 2,000, control effort of leprosy as an infectious disease must be sustained, while adequate control/care of leprosy as a deformity/disability causing disease need more attention.
BT - Nihon Hansenbyo Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of leprosy : official organ of the Japanese Leprosy Association C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10481450?dopt=Abstract DA - 1999 Jul IS - 2 J2 - Nihon Hansenbyo Gakkai Zasshi LA - jpn N2 -Successful "Leprosy Elimination Programme" since 1991 managed to reduce global case load to nearly 1/10 in 10 years. However, this rapid fall of case detection/incident rate. This means that even after year 2,000, control effort of leprosy as an infectious disease must be sustained, while adequate control/care of leprosy as a deformity/disability causing disease need more attention.
PY - 1999 SP - 87 EP - 90 T2 - Nihon Hansenbyo Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of leprosy : official organ of the Japanese Leprosy Association TI - [Global leprosy, current status and a future outlook]. UR - https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/hansen/81/0/_contents/-char/ja/ VL - 68 SN - 1342-3681 ER -