title: Proposed method for estimating leprosy prevalence based on rates in children.
abstract: The authors suggest that, where leprosy prevalence data for the entire population are lacking, the prevalence in schoolchildren may be a valuable index for estimating the magnitude of the problem in areas where leprosy is endemic.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002052:Myanmar; D009549:Nigeria; D010679:Philippines; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012574:Schools; D013785:Thailand