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Of the 6371 Primary School children examined at Vridhachalam Taluk (Tamilnadu), 173 (2.7%) were found to have leprosy. The sex ratio in the affected group of boys and girls was 3: 2. over ninety percent of the cases had tuberculoid leprosy and only 0.5 percent had lepromatus leprosy. History of contact with leprosy was present in 450 (7%) children. This includes the 173 who had clinical manifestations. Thirtyone parents of the 173 afficted children were literates. Fourteen of them knew that their children were suffering from leprosy.
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Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, P., Prince, J.S. Leprosy among primary school children. Indian J Pediatr 50, 285–288 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02752764
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