Cartel J L, Boutin J P, Plichart R, Roux J, Grosset J H
Institut territorial de Recherches médicales Louis-Malardé, Tahiti, Polynésie.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales. 1988;81(5):819-26.
Between 1967 and 1987, 255 new cases of leprosy were detected in French Polynesia (FP) that means on average a 8.6% detection rate. Average detection rate calculated in 7 three-year periods did not vary significantly during the 21 years studied period of time. In two remote archipelagoes of FP average detection rate of leprosy is specially high: Gambier archipelago and Southern Marquesas archipelago with respectively a 54.7 and a 48.9% detection rate. To control leprosy, the network of treatment and active case-finding should be strengthened in archipelagoes and chemoprophylaxis programmes could be planned in places where the problem is especially important.
1967年至1987年间，法属波利尼西亚（FP）共发现255例新麻风病例，这意味着平均检出率为8.6%。在研究的21年期间，按7个三年期计算的平均检出率没有显著变化。在法属波利尼西亚的两个偏远群岛，麻风病的平均检出率特别高：甘比尔群岛和马克萨斯群岛南部，检出率分别为54.7%和48.9%。为了控制麻风病，应加强群岛的治疗和主动病例发现网络，并可在问题特别严重的地方规划化学预防计划。
