Clinico-Epidemiological Pattern Of Leprosy Among Females – A Hospital –Based Study
Year: 2005
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: All new female patients of leprosy attending the dermatology OPD of a rural medical college on North Bengal for 1 year were studied to elicit the clinico-epide miological pattern. Out of 650 new cases of leprosy, 207 were female, with a male to female ratio of about 2:1. The majority of them belonged to the age group of 31-40 years and most of them were from rural area. Tuberculoid type was the commonest Fifteen percent cases gave history of intra-familial contact and another 7% had extra-familial. Pregnancy had a deleterious effect on the course of leprosy.
Source: Indian Journal of Dermatology
Authors: Saswati Haldar, Kamalesh Patra, Arup Das
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W132268985