Kyriakis Kyriakos P
Department of Dermatology, West Attica General Hospital and Leprosy Centre, Athens, Greece.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2010 Aug;42(8):594-7. doi: 10.3109/00365541003754469.
A retrospective study (1988-2007) of all newly detected (n = 26) and relapsed (n = 51) Greek cases of leprosy was carried out. Multibacillary types prevailed in both patient groups (n = 68, 88.3%). Seven immigrants from endemic areas were also referred with multibacillary leprosy. Newly detected Greek cases resided more frequently in rural areas. Incident and relapsed multibacillary disease cases did not differ by age. Diagnosis was mainly made on the basis of skin lesions rather than leprosy reactions. Leprosy in Greece (total population, ten million) has the epidemiological characteristics of a disease that is dying out, without gender inequalities.
对所有新确诊（n = 26）和复发（n = 51）的希腊麻风病病例进行了一项回顾性研究（1988 - 2007年）。两个患者组中多菌型病例占主导（n = 68，88.3%）。7名来自流行地区的移民也被诊断为多菌型麻风病。新确诊的希腊病例更常居住在农村地区。新发病例和复发病例的多菌型疾病在年龄上无差异。诊断主要基于皮肤病变而非麻风反应。希腊（总人口1000万）的麻风病具有一种正在消亡的疾病的流行病学特征，不存在性别不平等。
