Lal S, Mahalingam C, Garg B R
Lepr India. 1982 Oct;54(4):677-84.
A village having population of 2000 in 350 families and coming under the Villianur Commune of the Union Territory of Pondicherry was subjected to a total population survey. The population examined was 92.2%. A total of 138 cases of leprosy were found in 94 families making a prevalence rate of 6.9%. There were single cases in 61 families and two to four cases in 33 families. Child rate for leprosy was 37%. The male to female ratio showed no sex predilection. Maximum percentage (30.4%) of cases belonged to maculoanaesthetic type, followed by tuberculoid (27.5%), indeterminate (19.6%), borderline (14.5%), polyneuritic (6.5%) and lepromatous (1.5%) types. Nerve involvement was more frequent in multiple skin lesion cases than in single lesion cases.
一个有350户家庭、人口为2000人的村庄隶属于本地治里联邦属地的维利亚努尔公社，该村庄接受了一次全面的人口普查。接受检查的人口比例为92.2%。在94个家庭中总共发现了138例麻风病例，患病率为6.9%。61个家庭中有单发病例，33个家庭中有两到四例病例。麻风儿童发病率为37%。男女比例显示无性别偏好。最大比例（30.4%）的病例属于斑疹麻木型，其次是结核样型（27.5%）、未定类（19.6%）、界线类（14.5%）、多神经炎型（6.5%）和瘤型（1.5%）。多发皮肤损害病例的神经受累比单发损害病例更常见。
