1.
Indian J Lepr
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1984 Oct-Dec; 56(4): 868-76
Article
in English
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| ID: sea-55274
ABSTRACT
A survey in the Southern wards of Trivandrum City showed that 552 houses are harbouring 699 leprosy patients. 84.2% of the houses are having single cases and 15.8% with two or more cases. As the size of the household increases the average number of cases per house increases (r = 0.273 P less than .01) In some houses there are more leprosy patients than healthy persons showing significant clustering. Out of the total cases 9.87% are lepromatous 5.58% borderline and 84.55% neural type. The prevalence rate was lowest in less than 10 year age group and highest in 21-40 age group. The overall prevalence rate is almost equal in males and females.
Subject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Child , Family Characteristics , Female , Humans , India , Leprosy/epidemiology , Male , Residence Characteristics , Space-Time Clustering
2.
J Indian Med Assoc
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1983 Dec; 81(11-12): 194-9
Article
in English
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| ID: sea-105980
Subject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , India , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasms/epidemiology
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Article
in English
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| ID: sea-16252