Open AccessTrends and patterns of leprosy over a decade in a tertiary care hospital in Northern India: A retrospective analysis
Author(s) -
Sabha Mushtaq,
Naina Dogra,
Devraj Dogra,
Nafis Faizi
Publication year - 2020
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/ijdvl.ijdvl_377_18
Subject(s) - venereology , medicine , leprosy , epidemiology , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , demography , surgery , dermatology , sociology
Leprosy was declared to be eliminated from India in 2006, but recent reports point to an increase in newly detected cases despite the overall fall in prevalence.