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. 1973;48(4):502–503.

Proposed method for estimating leprosy prevalence based on rates in children

L M Bechelli, P Gallego Garbajosa, Mg Mg Gyi, K Uemura, T Sundaresan, C Tamondong, V Martínez Domínguez, H Sansarricq, J Walter
PMCID: PMC2481096  PMID: 4271759

Abstract

The authors suggest that, where leprosy prevalence data for the entire population are lacking, the prevalence in schoolchildren may be a valuable index for estimating the magnitude of the problem in areas where leprosy is endemic.

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