@article{12480,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Brazil, Child, Child, Preschool, Humans, leprosy, Myanmar, Nigeria, Philippines, Population Surveillance, Schools, Thailand},
  author = {Bechelli L M and Gallego Garbajosa P and Uemura K and Sundaresan T and Tamondong C and Martinez Dominguez V and Sansarricq H and Walter J},
  title = {Proposed method for estimating leprosy prevalence based on rates in children.},
  abstract = {<p>The authors suggest that, where leprosy prevalence data for the entire population are lacking, the prevalence in schoolchildren may be a valuable index for estimating the magnitude of the problem in areas where leprosy is endemic.</p>},
  year = {1973},
  journal = {Bulletin of the World Health Organization},
  volume = {48},
  pages = {502-3},
  month = {1973},
  issn = {0042-9686},
  url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2481096/pdf/bullwho00177-0116.pdf},
  language = {eng},
}