Sachdeva Sandeep, Amin Syed Suhail, Khan Zulfia, Sharma Pranav Kumar, Bansal Saraansh
Department of Community Medicine, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Durgabadi Marris Road, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh 202002, India.
Trop Doct. 2011 Jul;41(3):163-5. doi: 10.1258/td.2011.100477. Epub 2011 May 17.
Leprosy remains an important public health and social issue in South Asia, particularly in India. Its presence in childhood is an immense social burden because of the associated disabilities and widely prevalent misconceptions regarding communicability and treatment potential. The prevalence of leprosy among children suggests a possible gap in the national programmes aimed at leprosy elimination. This article reports a 10-year retrospective study of childhood leprosy in a tertiary care hospital setting (2000-2009) along with an analysis of selected socio-epidemiologic correlates. We stress the importance of early detection and the application of appropriate prophylactic measures in susceptible children.
麻风病在南亚，尤其是在印度，仍然是一个重要的公共卫生和社会问题。由于相关的残疾以及关于传染性和治疗潜力的普遍误解，麻风病在儿童期的存在是一个巨大的社会负担。儿童中麻风病的流行表明，在旨在消除麻风病的国家计划中可能存在差距。本文报告了在一家三级护理医院环境中对儿童麻风病进行的为期10年的回顾性研究（2000 - 2009年），并对选定的社会流行病学相关因素进行了分析。我们强调早期检测以及对易感儿童采取适当预防措施的重要性。
