Planning for disease control requires estimates of the number of leprosy patients from local to global levels. From the mid-sixties to the mid-eighties, global estimates appeared to be constant at between 10 and 12 million. The introduction of multidrug therapy (MDT) in many countries and the consequent reduction of prevalence of the disease has necessitated a reassessment of the global estimate. Based on available information and its interpretation, the number of leprosy cases in the world in 1991 has been estimated at 5.5 million. The number of individuals with deformities due to leprosy, including persons now cured of the disease, has been estimated at between two and three million.
BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1308528?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1992 Oct-Dec IS - 4 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -Planning for disease control requires estimates of the number of leprosy patients from local to global levels. From the mid-sixties to the mid-eighties, global estimates appeared to be constant at between 10 and 12 million. The introduction of multidrug therapy (MDT) in many countries and the consequent reduction of prevalence of the disease has necessitated a reassessment of the global estimate. Based on available information and its interpretation, the number of leprosy cases in the world in 1991 has been estimated at 5.5 million. The number of individuals with deformities due to leprosy, including persons now cured of the disease, has been estimated at between two and three million.
PY - 1992 SP - 521 EP - 7 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Estimated number of leprosy cases in the world. UR - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2393356/pdf/bullwho00040-0020.pdf VL - 64 SN - 0254-9395 ER -