TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Case-Control Studies
KW - Child
KW - Family
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
AU - George K
AU - John K R
AU - Muliyil J P
AU - Joseph A
AB - <p>This study examines the role of intrahousehold contact in the transmission of leprosy using the case control methodology. The study was done in the leprosy control area of the Community Health and Development (CHAD) Programme of the Christian Medical College. Three age, sex and village matched controls were selected for each case. This study shows that persons with intrahousehold contact with leprosy have a higher risk of acquiring leprosy compared with those who did not (RR 2.509; 95% confidence limits 1.23-5.109).</p>
BT - Leprosy review
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2319901?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1990 Mar
DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19900007
IS - 1
J2 - Lepr Rev
LA - eng
N2 - <p>This study examines the role of intrahousehold contact in the transmission of leprosy using the case control methodology. The study was done in the leprosy control area of the Community Health and Development (CHAD) Programme of the Christian Medical College. Three age, sex and village matched controls were selected for each case. This study shows that persons with intrahousehold contact with leprosy have a higher risk of acquiring leprosy compared with those who did not (RR 2.509; 95% confidence limits 1.23-5.109).</p>
PY - 1990
SP - 60
EP - 3
T2 - Leprosy review
TI - The role of intrahousehold contact in the transmission of leprosy.
UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1990/v61n1/pdf/v61n1a07.pdf
VL - 61
SN - 0305-7518
ER -