title: Observations on the intra familial clustering of leprosy cases in Trivandrum City.
abstract: A survey in the Southern wards of Trivandrum City showed that 552 houses are harbouring 699 leprosy patients. 84.2% of the houses are having single cases and 15.8% with two or more cases. As the size of the household increases the average number of cases per house increases (r = 0.273 P less than .01) In some houses there are more leprosy patients than healthy persons showing significant clustering. Out of the total cases 9.87% are lepromatous 5.58% borderline and 84.55% neural type. The prevalence rate was lowest in less than 10 year age group and highest in 21-40 age group. The overall prevalence rate is almost equal in males and females.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007918:Leprosy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013029:Space-Time Clustering