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    Epidemiologic patterns of leprosy in Vallegrande, Bolivia
    (British Leprosy Relief Association, 1983) A. De Muynck
    The Andean province of Valle grande (6,412 km 2 ; 33,532 inhabi tants, of which 99% are mestizos of Indian-Caucasian descent) has been an endemic area of leprosy for centuries. In 1977 the National Center for Tropical Diseases-CENETROP integrated the existing leprosy control activities in a comprehensive basic health service. The clinical status of all known cases was assessed, and an important effort at case finding was carried out by the basic health teams and the mobile leprosy control team. The overall prevalence rate on 31 July 1980 was 9.4 per thousand . The leprosy problem was mainly one of adults, the prevalence rate in males being 60% higher than in fe males. The proportion of lepromatous and borderline forms was 47% . The epidemiological patterns of leprosy in Va1legrande Province are consistent with those generally found in Latin America.