00963nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001653002300042653001200065653001900077100001200096700001400108700001600122245013800138856005000276300001200326490000700338050001600345520040800361       2013                            d10aMuldtidrug therapy10aleprosy10aCohort Studies1 aKumar A1 aGirdhar A1 aGirdhar B K00aTwelve months fixed duration WHO multidrug therapy for multibacillary leprosy: incidence of relapses in Agra field based cohort study  uhttp://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2013/october/1011.pdf  a536-5400 v38  aKUMARb 20133 a<p>The reported low relapse rates after 24 months multidrug therapy (MDT) for multibacillary leprosy (MB) led to the recommendation of reducing duration of therapy to 12 months. However, only a few reports exist on long term follow up data after 12 months fixed duration therapy (FDT). The present study was done to assess the incidence of relapse in MB leprosy patients after 12 months treatment.</p>