Patterns and trends of tribal leprosy: An overview from a tertiary care leprosy clinic of Choto Nagpur Plateau of Eastern India

• Main Authors: Somenath Sarkar (Author), Tanusree Sarkar (Author), Aparesh C Patra (Author), Arghyaprasun Ghosh (Author), Hirak Gorai (Author), Soumyadeep Mondal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease mainly affecting the peripheral nerves and skin. Any communities including the tribals are susceptible to leprosy. Very few studies on clinico-epidemiological patterns of leprosy have been reported in the tribal population, especially in the Cho...