Open AccessEpidemiological Study of an Endemic Focus of Leprosy
Author(s) -
Mark F. Boyd,
W.F. Fox
Publication year - 1921
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.11.7.628
Subject(s) - epidemiology , leprosy , transmission (telecommunications) , focus (optics) , demography , german , medicine , locality , geography , environmental health , pathology , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , electrical engineering , optics , archaeology , engineering
In this focus the authors found the majority of cases to be among native-born children of German-born parents, males preponderating, and largely infected in the locality. It is uncertain whether the infected area is increasing. Cases are grouped in distinct foci and insect transmission is inadequate to explain the grouping while contact transfer is not wholly satisfactory.