Planning for leprosy control requires estimates of the number of leprosy patients at different levels. During the period between the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s, global estimates had remained constant at between 10 and 12 million. The introduction of multidrug therapy (MDT) in many countries and the consequent reduction of the disease's prevalence has necessitated a reassessment of this. Based on available information and its interpretation, the number of leprosy cases in the world for 1991 has been estimated at 5.5 million. The number of individuals deformed by leprosy, including those cured of the disease, has been estimated at between 2 and 3 million.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1406024?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1992 Sep IS - 3 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -Planning for leprosy control requires estimates of the number of leprosy patients at different levels. During the period between the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s, global estimates had remained constant at between 10 and 12 million. The introduction of multidrug therapy (MDT) in many countries and the consequent reduction of the disease's prevalence has necessitated a reassessment of this. Based on available information and its interpretation, the number of leprosy cases in the world for 1991 has been estimated at 5.5 million. The number of individuals deformed by leprosy, including those cured of the disease, has been estimated at between 2 and 3 million.
PY - 1992 SP - 282 EP - 7 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Estimated number of leprosy cases in the world. UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1992/v63n3/pdf/v63n3a11.pdf VL - 63 SN - 0305-7518 ER -