Spatial epidemiology and serologic cohorts increase the early detection of leprosy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Follow-up results of subjects evaluated in “positive and negative houses” at T1 and T2^a

Group (T1)^a	Households visited	People examined	New cases detected in T2 (%)^*	Paucibacillary	Multibacillary
“Positive house”	113	483	84 (17.4 %)	27	57
“Negative house”	18	95	7 (7.4 %)	2	5
Total	131	578	91 (15.7 %)	29	62

* p < 0.05 - Fisher’s exact test
^a“Positive house” = household with at least 1 seropositive dweller. “Negative house” = household with only seronegative dwellers

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