The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy in the general population of northwest bangladesh.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy (PPUL) in the general population was determined to estimate the background level of leprosy in the population and to compare this with registered prevalence and the known PPUL in different levels of contacts of leprosy patients. METHODOLOG...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a9bb0439127f43ec9f2d9b530e243764 2023-05-15T15:05:06+02:00 The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy in the general population of northwest bangladesh. Fake J Moet Ron P Schuring David Pahan Linda Oskam Jan Hendrik Richardus 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000198 https://doaj.org/article/a9bb0439127f43ec9f2d9b530e243764 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2254205?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000198 1935-2727 1935-2735 https://doaj.org/article/a9bb0439127f43ec9f2d9b530e243764 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 2, Iss 2, p e198 (2008) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2008 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000198 2022-12-31T05:50:18Z BACKGROUND: The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy (PPUL) in the general population was determined to estimate the background level of leprosy in the population and to compare this with registered prevalence and the known PPUL in different levels of contacts of leprosy patients. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Multistage cluster sampling including 20 clusters of 1,000 persons each in two districts with over 4 million population. Physical examination was performed on all individuals. The number of newly found leprosy cases among 17,862 people above 5 years of age from the cluster sample was 27 (19 SLPB, 8 PB2-5), giving a PPUL rate of 15.1 per 10,000. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE: PPUL in the general population is six times higher than the registered prevalence, but three times lower than that in the most distant subgroup of contacts (neighbour of neighbour and social contacts) of leprosy patients in the same area. Full village or neighbourhood surveys may be preferable to contact surveys where leprosy is highly endemic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2 2 e198 |
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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy (PPUL) in the general population was determined to estimate the background level of leprosy in the population and to compare this with registered prevalence and the known PPUL in different levels of contacts of leprosy patients. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Multistage cluster sampling including 20 clusters of 1,000 persons each in two districts with over 4 million population. Physical examination was performed on all individuals. The number of newly found leprosy cases among 17,862 people above 5 years of age from the cluster sample was 27 (19 SLPB, 8 PB2-5), giving a PPUL rate of 15.1 per 10,000. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE: PPUL in the general population is six times higher than the registered prevalence, but three times lower than that in the most distant subgroup of contacts (neighbour of neighbour and social contacts) of leprosy patients in the same area. Full village or neighbourhood surveys may be preferable to contact surveys where leprosy is highly endemic. |
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The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy in the general population of northwest bangladesh. |
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The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy in the general population of northwest bangladesh. |
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The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy in the general population of northwest bangladesh. |
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The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy in the general population of northwest bangladesh. |
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The prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy in the general population of northwest bangladesh. |
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prevalence of previously undiagnosed leprosy in the general population of northwest bangladesh. |
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