[Leprosy in the French Polynesian archipelagoes from 1967 to 1987].
Between 1967 and 1987, 255 new cases of leprosy were detected in French Polynesia (FP) that means on average a 8.6% detection rate. Average detection rate calculated in 7 three-year periods did not vary significantly during the 21 years studied period of time. In two remote archipelagoes of FP average detection rate of leprosy is specially high: Gambier archipelago and Southern Marquesas archipelago with respectively a 54.7 and a 48.9% detection rate. To control leprosy, the network of treatment and active case-finding should be strengthened in archipelagoes and chemoprophylaxis programmes could be planned in places where the problem is especially important.
Cartel
J L
JL
Institut territorial de Recherches médicales Louis-Malardé, Tahiti, Polynésie.
Boutin
J P
JP
Plichart
R
R
Roux
J
J
Grosset
J H
JH
D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011114:Polynesia
La lépre dans les archipels de Polynésie française de 1967 à 1987.