Leprosy Mailing List, June 17th, 2008
Ref.: Child leprosy in Pando Department, Bolivia
From: Eggens H., Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dear Salvatore,
Thank you for forwarding Dr Villarreal's article on child leprosy in Pando Department, Bolivia (LML June 15th, 2008). Please find below my brief comment.
I find it remarkable: with a Pando department population of around 67,000 (2005), an annual leprosy case detection rate (March 2007-Feb 2008) of 202/67000 = around 300/100,000 is enormous! A child proportion of 28% is also out of the ordinary. What is happening there? We know that in neighbouring Rondonia, Brazil, high case detection rates are reported for many years (80/100,000 in 2006).
Kind regards,
Henk
Henk Eggens, MD MPHSenior adviser public healthRoyal Tropical InstituteAmsterdam, The Netherlands
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