A sample survey of leprosy in the ELEP Leprosy Control Project, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu.

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dc.contributor.authorRamu, Gen_US
dc.contributor.authorPandian, T Den_US
dc.contributor.authorRajaram, Nen_US
dc.contributor.authorSithambaram, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorBharati, Ren_US
dc.date.accessioned1985-07-01en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T10:22:02Z
dc.date.available1985-07-01en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-28T10:22:02Z
dc.date.issued1985-07-01en_US
dc.description.abstractA sample survey of the Dharmapuri Leprosy Control Project was undertaken in 1983; a population of 60855 was enumerated out of which 51205 was examined. The sampling procedure which was followed consisted of stratifying the sub-centres according to prevalence and classifying the villages by the size of the population. Villages were selected by random allocation. 10 leprosy inspectors participated in the survey examining 626 to 774 persons per day. 859 active cases were detected giving a prevalence of 16.77 per thousand. The child prevalence was 6.19 per thousand. The number of lepromatous and BL cases detected were 70 giving an infectivity rate of 8.15%. The prevalence of leprosy as found in the last survey conducted in the different areas in the project approximate to those of the sample survey. Therefore it could be said that the prevalence has decreased in this project from 19.94 per thousand as observed in the first survey. The child prevalence has likewise decreased from 9.40 to 4.09 in the project.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRamu G, Pandian TD, Rajaram N, Sithambaram M, Bharati R. A sample survey of leprosy in the ELEP Leprosy Control Project, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Leprosy. 1985 Jul-Sep; 57(3): 575-87en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/55227
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Surveysen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshLeprosy --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshPreventive Health Servicesen_US
dc.subject.meshRandom Allocationen_US
dc.titleA sample survey of leprosy in the ELEP Leprosy Control Project, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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