Open AccessThe dermlep study I: results of prospective nation-wide survey of the number & Profile of leprosy patients seen by dermatologists in India
Author(s) -
P Narasimha Rao,
Santoshdev P Rathod,
Sujai Suneetha,
Sunil Dogra,
Sunil Gupta,
Rita V Vora,
Shushruth Kamoji,
Swagta Tambe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/idoj.idoj_466_20
Subject(s) - leprosy , medicine , family medicine , survey research , dermatology , pediatrics , psychology , applied psychology
There is evidence to suggest that there is a mismatch between the number of reported cases of leprosy in India and the number of actual cases in the country. One reason could be that many patients are diagnosed and treated outside the NLEP network and dermatologists may be managing some of these patients not captured by official statistics. To estimate these missing numbers, the DermLep survey was carried out to study the number and profile of leprosy patients seen by dermatologists and their significance.