TY - JOUR KW - Humans KW - India KW - leprosy KW - Prevalence AU - Naik S S AU - Thakar U H AU - Phrande A M AU - Ganapati R AB -

Leprosy surveys in tribal population, fishermen and labourers engaged in construction work revealed prevalence rates of 32/10,000, 109/10,000 and 20/10,000 respectively, suggesting that systematic surveys have to be carried out in such population groups, to reach the goal of a "World without leprosy".

BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10626239?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1999 Jul-Sep IS - 3 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -

Leprosy surveys in tribal population, fishermen and labourers engaged in construction work revealed prevalence rates of 32/10,000, 109/10,000 and 20/10,000 respectively, suggesting that systematic surveys have to be carried out in such population groups, to reach the goal of a "World without leprosy".

PY - 1999 SP - 333 EP - 5 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Survey of leprosy in unapproachable and uncovered areas. VL - 71 SN - 0254-9395 ER -