Disability among new leprosy patients, an issue of concern: An institution based study in an endemic district for leprosy in the state of West Bengal, India | Zendy

Jhuma Sarkar | Zendy; Debashis Dutt | Zendy; Aparajita Dasgupta | Zendy

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Disability among new leprosy patients, an issue of concern: An institution based study in an endemic district for leprosy in the state of West Bengal, India

Author(s) -

Jhuma Sarkar,

Debashis Dutt,

Aparajita Dasgupta

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

indian journal of dermatology venereology and leprology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 0973-3922

pISSN - 0378-6323

DOI - 10.4103/0378-6323.95449

Subject(s) - leprosy , medicine , west bengal , cross sectional study , disease , transmission (telecommunications) , pediatrics , physical therapy , dermatology , pathology , socioeconomics , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering

Both magnitude and severity of disability in new leprosy patients measure indirectly the disease transmission in the community and rapidity of case detection. Various factors might be associated with the presence of impairment at registration.

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