Arif Tasleem, Amin Syed Suhail, Adil Mohammad, Dorjay Konchok, Raj Dinesh
Department of Dermatology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat. 2019 Mar;28(1):7-10.
Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Despite being eliminated from India in 2005, there are still a considerable number of leprosy cases.
A prospective hospital-based study involving all leprosy patients attending the leprosy clinic at the Department of Dermatology from January 2015 to December 2016.
A total of 220 patients visited the leprosy clinic during the study period. Most of the patients (48.7%) were 20 to 40 years old. Multibacillary disease was more common in females (84.7%) than males (67.6%), and in rural patients (80.9%) than urban patients (64.8%). Borderline lepromatous leprosy was the most common (38.2%) type of leprosy seen, followed by lepromatous leprosy (28.2%) and borderline tuberculoid leprosy (21.4%).
Despite elimination, leprosy continues to be a health problem in this part of the world. We have shown that females and the rural population are more susceptible to multibacillary disease.
麻风病是由麻风分枝杆菌引起的一种慢性疾病。尽管印度于2005年宣布消除麻风病，但仍存在相当数量的麻风病病例。
一项基于医院的前瞻性研究，纳入了2015年1月至2016年12月期间在皮肤科麻风病门诊就诊的所有麻风病患者。
在研究期间，共有220名患者前往麻风病门诊就诊。大多数患者（48.7%）年龄在20至40岁之间。多菌型麻风病在女性（84.7%）中比男性（67.6%）更常见，在农村患者（80.9%）中比城市患者（64.8%）更常见。边缘性瘤型麻风是最常见的麻风类型（38.2%），其次是瘤型麻风（28.2%）和边缘性结核样麻风（21.4%）。
尽管已实现消除，但麻风病在世界这一地区仍然是一个健康问题。我们已经表明，女性和农村人口更容易患多菌型麻风病。
