As part of the leprosy control activities in the area of Gudiyatham Thaluk, general surveys are done once every three to five years. The percentage of examination is about 90%. An analysis of all new cases registered for treatment between 1990-94 was done to study whether these cases had been examined in the previous general survey. Of the new cases detected and registered, 566 cases (32.6%) were not examined during the previous survey. The significance of these findings in relationship to cost-effectiveness of general surveys, case-detection methodology and possible continuing of transmission of leprosy are discussed.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8885611?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1996 Sep DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19960018 IS - 3 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -As part of the leprosy control activities in the area of Gudiyatham Thaluk, general surveys are done once every three to five years. The percentage of examination is about 90%. An analysis of all new cases registered for treatment between 1990-94 was done to study whether these cases had been examined in the previous general survey. Of the new cases detected and registered, 566 cases (32.6%) were not examined during the previous survey. The significance of these findings in relationship to cost-effectiveness of general surveys, case-detection methodology and possible continuing of transmission of leprosy are discussed.
PY - 1996 SP - 183 EP - 9 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Origin of new leprosy cases during general surveys in relation to previous survey findings. UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1996/v67n3/pdf/v67n3a03.pdf VL - 67 SN - 0305-7518 ER -