title: Leprosy in Bangladesh, 1984-88.
abstract: A total of 2517 patients with leprosy were studied in Leprosy Control Institute and Hospital, Mohakhali, Dhaka, during the period 1984-1988. Among the total cases, 1891 (75.1%) were male and 626 (24.9%) were female. The male to female ratio was 3:1. The age groups comprised 185 (7.4%), below 15 years and 2332 (92.6%), 15 years and over. Most of the cases were diagnosed by clinical examination and classified as Indeterminate form (I), 52 (2.1%); tuberculoid form (T), 1326 (52.7%); borderline tuberculoid form (BT), 439 (17.4%); borderline lepromatous form (BL), 110 (4.4%); and lepromatous form (L), 590 (23.4%).
authors.affiliation: Leprosy Control Institute and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Choudhury
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors