Table 1.
Epidemiological Description of the Enrolled Patients
| 2009 | 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relapse | Contacts | Individuals | ||
| Number of suspected cases examined | 117 | 85 | 611 | |
| … | Relapse | New case | Relapse | New case |
| Leprosy cases | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Male | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Clinical form at diagnosis, WHO | ||||
| MB | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| PB | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| Age range at diagnosis, years | 10 to 43 | 8 to 79 | 10 to 49 | 10 to 69 |
| Mean age at first diagnosis, years (SD) | 24.5 (11.7) | 32.2 (22.7) | 26.3 (12.3) | 34 (17.6) |
Abbreviations: MB, multibacillary; PB, paucibacillary; SD, standard deviation; WHO, World Health Organization.