TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Chemoprevention
KW - Child
KW - Child Welfare
KW - Dapsone
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Prevalence
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Rifampin
AU - Sachdeva S
AU - Amin S
AU - Khan Z
AU - Sharma PK
AU - Bansal S
AB - <p>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.</p>
BT - Tropical doctor
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21586510?dopt=Abstract
CN - SACHDEVA 2011
DA - 2011 Jul
DO - 10.1258/td.2011.100477
IS - 3
J2 - Trop Doct
LA - eng
N2 - <p>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.</p>
PY - 2011
SP - 163
EP - 5
T2 - Tropical doctor
TI - Childhood leprosy: lest we forget.
VL - 41
SN - 1758-1133
ER -