TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Biopsy KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Incidence KW - India KW - Infant KW - Infant, Newborn KW - leprosy KW - Lower Extremity KW - Male KW - Peripheral nerves KW - Prevalence KW - Risk Factors KW - Sex Factors KW - Skin KW - Upper Extremity AU - Rao A G AB -

Leprosy, a disease as oId a mankind, has been a public health problem in many developing countries and among children, it reflects disease transmission in the community and efficiency of control programmes study on childhood leprosy was carried out Gandhi Hospital, spread over 4 years. There were 32 children among 280 diagnosed cases of leprosy. The study revealed an incidence of 11.43% among leprosy patients with more number of boy being affected than girls. Most of children presented with hypopigmented anaesthetic patches. Hansen's BT was the most common clinical type of leprosy with extremities being the common site of involvement. Slit-skin smear was positive in 25% of children. We could find significant positive clinico-pathological correlation among 12 children who were subjected to biopsy. Reactional states and deformites were less common in our study.

BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20704075?dopt=Abstract DA - 2009 Oct-Dec DO - 10.2340/16501977-0625 IS - 4 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -

Leprosy, a disease as oId a mankind, has been a public health problem in many developing countries and among children, it reflects disease transmission in the community and efficiency of control programmes study on childhood leprosy was carried out Gandhi Hospital, spread over 4 years. There were 32 children among 280 diagnosed cases of leprosy. The study revealed an incidence of 11.43% among leprosy patients with more number of boy being affected than girls. Most of children presented with hypopigmented anaesthetic patches. Hansen's BT was the most common clinical type of leprosy with extremities being the common site of involvement. Slit-skin smear was positive in 25% of children. We could find significant positive clinico-pathological correlation among 12 children who were subjected to biopsy. Reactional states and deformites were less common in our study.

PY - 2009 SP - 195 EP - 7 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Study of leprosy in children. UR - http://www.ijl.org.in/PDF%20(Journal%20Oct-Dec%202009)/4_Abst%20(Study%20of%20leprosy)195-197.pdf VL - 81 SN - 0254-9395 ER -