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Childhood leprosy: lest we forget

Published:2011-05-17 Issue:3 Volume:41 Page:163-165
ISSN:0049-4755
Container-title:Tropical Doctor
language:en
Short-container-title:Trop Doct

Author:

Sachdeva Sandeep¹,Amin Syed Suhail²,Khan Zulfia³,Sharma Pranav Kumar³,Bansal Saraansh²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Community Medicine

2. Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Leprology

3. Department of Internal Medicine, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Abstract

Leprosy remains an important public health and social issue in South Asia, particularly in India. Its presence in childhood is an immense social burden because of the associated disabilities and widely prevalent misconceptions regarding communicability and treatment potential. The prevalence of leprosy among children suggests a possible gap in the national programmes aimed at leprosy elimination. This article reports a 10-year retrospective study of childhood leprosy in a tertiary care hospital setting (2000–2009) along with an analysis of selected socio-epidemiologic correlates. We stress the importance of early detection and the application of appropriate prophylactic measures in susceptible children.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/td.2011.100477

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