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P Vijayakumaran1, P V Mahipathy, R K Misra
1Damien Foundation India Trust support teams for Bihar, Sushila Sadan, Bhahadurpur, Rajendranagar, Patna.
Indian Journal of Leprosy
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
Leprosy survey conducted in eight prisons in seven districts of Bihar State revealed a prevalence of 13.3 per 1000 which was 12 times more than the recorded prevalence of leprosy in the State. Thus this finding supports the view that prisons could form a hyperendemic pocket for leprosy. Regular NLEP services need to be extended to the inmates of the prisons.