TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Child KW - Female KW - Greece KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Leprosy, Borderline KW - Leprosy, lepromatous KW - Leprosy, Tuberculoid KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Recurrence KW - Retrospective Studies AU - Kyriakis K P AU - Kontochristopoulos G J AU - Panteleos D N AB -

The epidemiological characteristics of newly diagnosed, active leprosy cases (incidence, N = 16 Greeks and 4 expatriates) and relapsed cases (recurrences, N = 25, all Greeks) were studied. Most of the cases were multibacillary, over 50% being lepromatous. The relapses were analyzed by sex, disease duration and residence (rural or urban). Most of the newly diagnosed cases presented with nonreactional skin lesions (70%). The relapses were self-reported and detected mainly because of type 2 leprosy reactions (56%). The main source of the infection for new cases was members of their former extended family. The statistical trend of leprosy in Greece is a continuing decline in a country which already has a very low endemicity.

BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7868952?dopt=Abstract

CN - KYRIAKIS1994 DA - 1994 Dec IS - 4 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -

The epidemiological characteristics of newly diagnosed, active leprosy cases (incidence, N = 16 Greeks and 4 expatriates) and relapsed cases (recurrences, N = 25, all Greeks) were studied. Most of the cases were multibacillary, over 50% being lepromatous. The relapses were analyzed by sex, disease duration and residence (rural or urban). Most of the newly diagnosed cases presented with nonreactional skin lesions (70%). The relapses were self-reported and detected mainly because of type 2 leprosy reactions (56%). The main source of the infection for new cases was members of their former extended family. The statistical trend of leprosy in Greece is a continuing decline in a country which already has a very low endemicity.

PY - 1994 SP - 547 EP - 51 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Current profile of active leprosy in Greece; a five-year retrospective study (1988-1992). UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v62n4a07.pdf VL - 62 SN - 0148-916X ER -