TY - JOUR
KW - Drug Therapy, Combination
KW - Humans
KW - Incidence
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Nigeria
KW - Population Surveillance
KW - Prevalence
KW - Program evaluation
AU - Majoroh T O
AB - <p>The effect of multiple drug therapy (MDT) on the prevalence rate of leprosy over a five year period is analysed and discussed. Prevalence rate dropped by about 37%. It is envisaged that the effect on the incidence rate takes much longer to manifest.</p>
BT - African journal of medicine and medical sciences
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7839909?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1993 Sep
IS - 3
J2 - Afr J Med Med Sci
LA - eng
N2 - <p>The effect of multiple drug therapy (MDT) on the prevalence rate of leprosy over a five year period is analysed and discussed. Prevalence rate dropped by about 37%. It is envisaged that the effect on the incidence rate takes much longer to manifest.</p>
PY - 1993
SP - 29
EP - 33
T2 - African journal of medicine and medical sciences
TI - Five-year multiple drug therapy in Bendel State leprosy control service--an overview.
VL - 22
SN - 0309-3913
ER -