Children are believed to be the most vulnerable group to infection with Mycobacterium
leprae due to their immature or nascent immunity and exposure to intrafamilial contacts. The …

Abstract Purpose of Review This manuscript aims to review the cutting-edge developments
regarding to the diagnosis, management, and prevention of leprosy in children. Recent …

Background: Leprosy occurs in all age groups, with adults constituting the majority.
However, leprosy in children always drew the attention of epidemiologists as a guide to …

Background: Leprosy is a major public health problem in India, which affects many people
every year and has significantly high new case detection rates in certain districts and blocks …

In India, some indicators of leprosy transmission are on the rise and suggest that many
cases of leprosy currently go undetected. The lack of active casefinding outreach activities …

Borderline tuberculoid leprosy was the most common clinical type seen in 15 patients
(46.9%) followed by borderline lepromatous (7; 21.9%), lepromatous (6; 18.8%), and pure …

Despite leprosy being an eliminated disease from most of the countries in the world
including India, it continues to remain as a major burden on public health expenditure. The …

Aim: The main objective of this study was to study the clinico-epidemiological features and
prevalence of pediatric leprosy cases in our urban leprosy care center. Aim: The main …

Background: Tribal populations are an underserved population group and access to health
services is a major challenge for them. Since leprosy treatment is integrated with the general …

Background Leprosy remains an important cause of preventable disabilities. After the advent
of multidrug therapy, new leprosy cases have come down dramatically. Despite this …