Epidemiological shift in leprosy in a rural district of central India following introduction of multi-drug therapy (April 1986 to March 1992 and April 1992 to March 2002)

Leprosy Review

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 112-118

  Pandey, A ^a   Uddin, M Jamal ^a   Patel, R ^a  

^a Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PREVALENCE; RELAPSE; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22844447739     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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