Table 1.
Age range, gender, and clinical forms of leprosy index cases, household (HH) contacts and peridomicilliary (PD) contacts without lesions (healthy contacts), and those with lesions.
| (A) Contacts without lesions (healthy contacts) (N = 340) | |||||||||||||
| Gender |
Age median (range) |
Type of contact | |||||||||||
|
HH (N = 67) |
PD (N = 273) |
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|
PB (n = 14) |
MB (N = 53) |
PB (N = 75) |
MB (N = 198) |
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| Female (N = 175) | 10 (4–15 years old) |
7 | 27 | 42 | 99 | ||||||||
| Male (N = 165) |
9 (4–15 years old) |
7 | 26 | 33 | 99 | ||||||||
| (B) Contacts with lesions (N = 55) | |||||||||||||
| Gender |
Age median (range) |
Type of contact | |||||||||||
|
HH (N = 20) |
PD (N = 35) |
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|
PB (N = 14) |
MB (N = 6) |
PB (N = 9) |
MB (N = 26) |
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| Female (N = 29) | 11 (4–14 years old) |
5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | ||||||||
| Male (N = 26) | 10 (5–15 years old) |
9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||
| (c) Index cases (N = 71) | |||||||||||||
| Gender |
Age median (range) |
Clinical form (n = 71) | |||||||||||
| PB (N = 21) | MB (N = 50) | ||||||||||||
| Female (N = 30) | 46 (10–81 years old) |
12 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Male (N = 41) | 50 (15–97 years old) |
9 | 32 | ||||||||||
Obs. HH (household contacts); PD (peridomicilliary contacts); PB (paucibacillary); MB (multibacillary).