Histoid leprosy as reservoir of the disease; a challenge to leprosy elimination.(Disease/Disorder overview)

Leprosy Review | March 1, 2007| | Copyright

In the month of January, 2006, India was declared to have eliminated leprosy. In an article by the Director General of Health Services, Government of India, the graphical representation of the progressively decreasing prevalence rate and new case detection rate for leprosy was quite encouraging and the goal of elimination by December, 2005 was supposed to be in sight. (1) However, as dermatologists, from our day to day experience in dealing with the patients with leprosy, it was rather difficult to accept this contention.

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