TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Biomarkers
KW - Congo
KW - Dapsone
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Prevalence
KW - Risk Factors
AU - Louis J P
AU - Trebucq A
AU - Hengy C
AU - Coddy-Zitsamele R
AU - Eozenou P
AU - Baya-Tsika N
AU - Obvala D
AU - Jannin J
AU - Gelas H
AU - Cottenot F
AB - <p>A national prevalence survey of leprosy was made in june 1989 in Popular Republic of Congo: authors report results. The prevalence rate is 5.8% +/- 2.6% among people more than 15 years of age, and 10.5% of all forms are multibacillary. All patients are under DDS monotherapy. One overwhelming risk factor is leprosy antecedents in the family history; active case-finding and surveillance of contacts are recommended.</p>
BT - Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2072851?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1991 Jan-Mar
IS - 1
J2 - Med Trop (Mars)
LA - fre
N2 - <p>A national prevalence survey of leprosy was made in june 1989 in Popular Republic of Congo: authors report results. The prevalence rate is 5.8% +/- 2.6% among people more than 15 years of age, and 10.5% of all forms are multibacillary. All patients are under DDS monotherapy. One overwhelming risk factor is leprosy antecedents in the family history; active case-finding and surveillance of contacts are recommended.</p>
PY - 1991
SP - 65
EP - 70
T2 - Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial
TI - [Epidemiology of endemic leprosy in the People's Republic of the Congo. Risk factors and markers].
VL - 51
SN - 0025-682X
ER -