01178nas a2200373   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001500051653001100066653001000077653002100087653001100108653001200119653001200131653001200143653001600155653002800171653001200199653001300211100001700224700002400241700001300265700001700278700001600295700002500311700001700336700001300353245008200366856008300448300001000531490000700541520024200548022001400790       1973                            d  c197310aAdolescent10aBrazil10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aHumans10aleprosy10aMyanmar10aNigeria10aPhilippines10aPopulation Surveillance10aSchools10aThailand1 aBechelli L M1 aGallego Garbajosa P1 aUemura K1 aSundaresan T1 aTamondong C1 aMartinez Dominguez V1 aSansarricq H1 aWalter J00aProposed method for estimating leprosy prevalence based on rates in children.  uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2481096/pdf/bullwho00177-0116.pdf  a502-30 v483 a<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>  a0042-9686