TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Emigration and Immigration
KW - Female
KW - Germany
KW - Humans
KW - Incidence
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Registries
KW - Travel
AU - Zastrow K D
AU - Schöneberg I
AB - <p>73 cases of leprosy were imported into the Federal Republic of Germany between 1981 and 1992. A large number of imported cases came from Asian countries (32 cases). 61 patients were male, 12 female. 30 patients had the tuberculoid type of leprosy, 29 the lepromatous. From the total of 73 leprosy patients 7 were German nationals. Early diagnosis and efficient treatment play an important role in ensuring a good prognosis.</p>
BT - Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8219581?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1993 Aug-Sep
IS - 8-9
J2 - Gesundheitswesen
LA - ger
N2 - <p>73 cases of leprosy were imported into the Federal Republic of Germany between 1981 and 1992. A large number of imported cases came from Asian countries (32 cases). 61 patients were male, 12 female. 30 patients had the tuberculoid type of leprosy, 29 the lepromatous. From the total of 73 leprosy patients 7 were German nationals. Early diagnosis and efficient treatment play an important role in ensuring a good prognosis.</p>
PY - 1993
SP - 414
EP - 7
T2 - Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
TI - [Importation of leprosy into Germany 1981-1992].
VL - 55
SN - 0941-3790
ER -