| Literature DB >> 1568282 |
S K Noordeen1, L Lopez Bravo, T K Sundaresan.
Abstract
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 2 and 3 million.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Americas; Asia; Bangladesh; Brazil; Communicable Diseases; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; English Speaking Africa; Estimation Technics; Handicapped; Health; Health Surveys; Indirect Estimation Technics; Indonesia; Infections; International Agencies; Latin America; Measurement; Myanmar; Nigeria; Organizations; Population; Population Characteristics; Prevalence; Research Methodology; Research Report; South America; Southeastern Asia; Southern Asia; Un; Western Africa; Who
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1568282 PMCID： PMC2393356
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bull World Health Organ ISSN： 0042-9686 Impact factor: 9.408