Article: Current scenario of leprosy at tertiary care level hospital of rural central India

Article: Leprosy in Saudi Arabia.
Leprosy Review;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... to review the statistics on leprosy in Saudi Arabia. Materials ... 2005 were reviewed regarding leprosy. The data collected included: * total number of cases in each year ... Results There were 2542 cases of leprosy notified to the Ministry of ...

Article: India -- Closing in on leprosy elimination with World Bank ...
M2 Presswire;  March 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... in 1993 helped to strengthen leprosy diagnosis and treatment in India ... while completing the required leprosy treatment for 4.4 million patients. However, the total number of persons suffering from leprosy was underestimated due to limitations ...

Article: India to eradicate leprosy by 2005.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  September 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... expected to achieve the WHO's leprosy elimination goal of less than ... elimination of diseases such as leprosy, polio and tuberculosis ... project in 1986, when the total number of people affected by the disease ... per cent of the country's leprosy caseload," he said. Among ...

Article: Leprosy Day to be observed on 24th.
The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan);  January 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Malik, told The Nation that on Leprosy Day, the MALC would organise ... also organise a walk against Leprosy on 25th January that will start ... patients, said Malik. Moreover, total number of the registered cases of leprosy in Pakistan is 54,000 and ...

Article: Does HIV drug trigger leprosy?
The Hindustan Times;  October 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... treated for AIDS, some cases of leprosy would have definitely been ... the opposite has happened - leprosy prevalence rate has fallen ... the end of August 2006. The total number of cases under treatment has ... same period, bringing down leprosy cases under 1 lakh for the ...

Article: Recent advances in the control programs and therapy of ...
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... countries.[3] The burden of leprosy is concentrated in five most ... the world's population of leprosy patients. The total number of registered cases in India ... million cases in 2004. The leprosy prevalence rate has gone down ...

Article: Fine needle aspiration cytology in leprosy
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... currently in use for classifying leprosy is based on widely acknowledged ... during the study period were new leprosy cases. Out of these, 75 patients ... were selected for the study. The total number of leprosy cases comprised 0.48% of the ...