Naik S S, Acharekar M Y, Godbole P M
Acworth Leprosy Hospital Society for Research, Wadala, Bombay.
Indian J Lepr. 1990 Jan-Mar;62(1):116-9.
A survey of 6096 students attending night high schools in Bombay, gave the prevalence rate of leprosy 9.3 per 1000 in this group. 10.5% of the cases identified were having more serious forms of leprosy characterised by nerve involvement or skin smear positivity. Night school screening has limited value as it can only be conducted in big industrial cities and such surveys cover only a very small proportion of the population. However, in view of the current tendency of population shift from rural to urban areas and since such survey can identify a number of established cases it can be included among the other routine leprosy case detection activities in big cities, where night schools exist.
对孟买夜校的6096名学生进行的一项调查显示，该群体中麻风病的患病率为每1000人中有9.3例。确诊病例中有10.5%患有更严重的麻风病形式，其特征为神经受累或皮肤涂片呈阳性。夜校筛查的价值有限，因为它只能在大型工业城市进行，而且此类调查仅覆盖了非常小比例的人口。然而，鉴于目前人口从农村向城市地区转移的趋势，并且由于此类调查可以识别出一些确诊病例，因此在有夜校的大城市，它可以被纳入其他常规麻风病病例检测活动之中。
