TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Comoros KW - Family Health KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Infant KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Prevalence KW - Retrospective Studies AU - De Carsalade G Y AU - Achirafi A AU - Flageul B AB -

Mayotte French island of the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean, is located in a leprosy endemic area including the other islands of the archipelago and Madagascar island. As the last Hansen's disease epidemiological study in the island have been reported in 1982, we achieved a new valuation by a retrospective study on the 1990-1998 period. Our investigation showed that the disease was still endemic with a prevalence of 32/100,000 population in 1998 and an high annual new case detection rate (14 to 31/100,000 population). The profile of the newly detected cases was the same that reported at the world level (prédominance of males, less than 45-years old adults and paucibacillary forms) with two exceptions: the high percentage of children below 15 years of age (28.2%) and of family cases (25.3%). Moreover, 12.6% of the new cases exhibited disabilities grade 2 at the time of the diagnosis. These features emphasize the need for an enhanced leprosy control in this island which has a well-developed medical assistance.

BT - Acta leprologica C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10987043?dopt=Abstract DA - 1999 IS - 4 J2 - Acta Leprol LA - fre N2 -

Mayotte French island of the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean, is located in a leprosy endemic area including the other islands of the archipelago and Madagascar island. As the last Hansen's disease epidemiological study in the island have been reported in 1982, we achieved a new valuation by a retrospective study on the 1990-1998 period. Our investigation showed that the disease was still endemic with a prevalence of 32/100,000 population in 1998 and an high annual new case detection rate (14 to 31/100,000 population). The profile of the newly detected cases was the same that reported at the world level (prédominance of males, less than 45-years old adults and paucibacillary forms) with two exceptions: the high percentage of children below 15 years of age (28.2%) and of family cases (25.3%). Moreover, 12.6% of the new cases exhibited disabilities grade 2 at the time of the diagnosis. These features emphasize the need for an enhanced leprosy control in this island which has a well-developed medical assistance.

PY - 1999 SP - 133 EP - 7 T2 - Acta leprologica TI - [Hansen's disease in the territorial collective of Mayotte (Indian Ocean); retrospective study from 1990-1998]. VL - 11 SN - 0001-5938 ER -