title: Leprosy: down but not out.
abstract: Leprosy is a chronic disabling disease and there are areas of high endemicity in India. Case findings and management strategies suffer a setback when disease manifestations are not picked up in time by health-care providers. This article attempts to estimate the annual incidents of leprosy and to study the confounding factors which may potentially cause delays in diagnosis in an office-based, tertiary health-care setting.
authors.affiliation: JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University-Community Medicine, 3/115 A Durgabadi Marris Road Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 202002. sandeepsemal@redffmail.com
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sachdeva
authors.forename: Zulfia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Mohd Athar
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: Syed Suhail
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Amin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D056006:Leprosy, Multibacillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D056005:Leprosy, Paucibacillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult